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Corlett5151
 
Home Town: East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Living In: Lansing, Michigan, USA
Member Since: Mar. 2007
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Asian, Mexican, Indian, Middle Eastern, Healthy, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Scrapbooking, Gardening, Walking, Music, Painting/Drawing
About this Cook
I am a mother of two girls. We live in a home built in 1909 so we will be celebrating its 100 birthday next year. We remolded the ancient kitchen two years ago so now my husband and I are really into cooking. Having a usable space really makes a difference!
My favorite things to cook
I enjoy trying new recipes but also have some all-time favorites my family has passed down. We try not to get stuck in a rut, but it easy to make simply chicken, veggies, and a starch. Once or twice a week we try a recipe. Most of them on this site are very good and have many of the ingredients people (who cook) have in their pantry/frig all the time.
My cooking triumphs
I make pretty good cookies, smoothies, rice salad, tuna noodle casserole, pork chops, Yukon Gold scalloped potatoes, and salads.
My cooking tragedies
I tried a Martha Stewart recipe for over-sized fortune cookies. I tried about 10x with one batch of batter to get one cookie to not break. It was an absolute disaster! However, many of her recipes turn out amazing.
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Spinach Roll-Ups
I just made this recipe for the second time. I halved the recipe so I used 1 bag of spinach, a 3/4 bar of lite cream cheese, 1/2 cup of lite mayo, one spoon full of lite sour cream, and one small white onion. I also separated the batches and added red cabbage to one and bacon bits to the other. I think it is nice to have a vegetarian option. The cabbage added a lot of color and has bite to it. Last time I added grated carrot but it was a bit too bland. I was able to get 3 good size tortilla rolls out of this amount.

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Reviewed On: Jun. 15, 2009
Slow Cooker Chicken Dinner
I made this recipe much like some of the other reviewers who recommended adding more seasoning. I used a little chopped onion, crushed garlic, and various spices including a couple bay leaves. I think the lemon pepper was a nice touch. I added about 1/8 cup of skim milk over the top once all the soup was spread around. I hoped this would make the sauce less dense. I put my slow cooker on 8 hours and it was done within 7. It was very flavorful and not too thick. The potatoes and carrots were done perfectly and the chicken was moist. My husband loved it. He suggested adding some corn to the mix for more color and veggies. I will make this again. Thanks!

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Reviewed On: May 1, 2009
Green Beans With Walnuts
Wonderful! I made the batch for 12. I was shy about 1/4 lb of fresh beans, but luckily I had one small bag of organic frozen to mix in. It didn't make a bit of difference. I left some of the fresh beans a bit long since it looks so nice. I prepped the beans the day before, then boiled and ran them under cold water before I left for the Thanksgiving dinner. I also made up the oil and garlic mixer and put that in a container to take with us along with the chopped walnuts. Once the turkey was coming out of the oven I sauted the beans in the oil, garlic, salt, pepper, onion powder and celery salt, then added the walnuts. The beans heated just enough to keep their crispness. They were delicious and colorful. I had many raves for this recipe. Thanks. I will continue to make this one. Loved the walnuts.

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Reviewed On: Nov. 27, 2008
 
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