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anewshootingstar
 
Home Town: Placerville, California, USA
Living In: El Dorado Hills, California, USA
Member Since: Nov. 2007
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Asian, Mexican, Indian, Italian, Mediterranean, Healthy, Vegetarian, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Gardening, Hiking/Camping, Biking, Walking, Photography, Reading Books, Music
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Valentine's Day Cookies!
Spaghetti Squash I
Soft Polenta with Spicy Tomato Sauce
About this Cook
I love food! Everything about it I enjoy. Shopping for food, preparing food, cooking/baking food, EATING food and even cleaning up! It is all part of food and it's great.
My favorite things to cook
I enjoy baking sweet things (i.e. cookies) quite a bit. However I have found a new passion for making up my own recipes for entrees. Generally I will browse recipes online, get ideas and then make up my own thing
My cooking triumphs
Recently I have been using a cookbook by Manisha Kanani called Great Curries and there are some rockin' recipes in there.
My cooking tragedies
There is a cookie recipe on this site called Sunflower Drop Cookies; stay away! They are a waste of time and ingredients :-(
Recipe Reviews 35 reviews
Crazy Cake
I just made this and it turned out Really tasty. I even messed it up and I think it made it better too :-) I forgot to add the sugar and didn't realize this mistake until after I had put it in the pan (I licked the spoon and it didn't taste sweet at all). So I put about a cup powdered sugar on top then folded it in, though not too thoroughly because I didn't want to over mix the batter. The end result it yummy.

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Reviewed On: Feb. 24, 2011
Radish Dip
I think this would have worked better if I had mixed in the cream cheese by hand instead of using the food processor. It was more like a liquid than a dip. Also could have used more radish to the amount of garlic in it.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Dec. 22, 2010
Homesteader Cornbread
What I made was five starred, but I made a few modifications: A lot of people were going to eat it so I added another half of the recipe. I swapped the amounts of cornmeal and flour, and added polenta. First mixed the 4 1/4c milk with 3c cornflour and 1/4c polenta. I added more milk because it seemed like it could use more moisture. Let sit for 15 minutes. Added 3 eggs and 3/4c oil and mixed well. Combined 2c flour, 1.5T baking powder, 1.5t salt and 1c sugar (could have only put 2/3c though). Then added to the cornmeal mix. Poured most of it in a preheated, oiled cast iron skillet and baked. The rest I made into muffins. It was a hit with all ten people who devoured it!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Dec. 21, 2010
 
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