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musicaldragon
 
Home Town: Fremont, California, USA
Living In: Portland, Oregon, USA
Member Since: May 2007
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Italian, Mediterranean, Dessert
Hobbies: Needlepoint, Gardening, Hiking/Camping, Camping, Boating, Walking, Fishing, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Genealogy, Painting/Drawing
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About this Cook
I like food. What more can I say?
My favorite things to cook
Cookies, pies, cakes
My favorite family cooking traditions
I don't know if this is a tradition, but we have this thing about not measuring ingredients. We just throw stuff in when we do our own recipes or are making something up. The results are usually good and never quite tastes the same twice.
My cooking triumphs
Converted a raspberry almond chocolate cake into a vegan recipe and it turned out tasting better than the original. Also make a mean apple pie, though I wouldn't recommend eating it if you are watching your fat and sugar intake ;). Also make a great tomato beef over garlic mashed potatoes.
My cooking tragedies
Attempted to convert a peanut butter chocolate cupcake into a vegan recipe and it turned out just wrong. Also baked my apple pie without tasting the apples first one time and it turned into a sour "Warhead" pie.
Recipe Reviews 11 reviews
Honey-Poached Quince Pie
Absolutely delicious! I hadn't even heard of quince until a few days ago. I doubled the recipe and actually had enough sauce for 2 deep dish pies. I used Pillsbury pie crust and rubbed melted butter onto the top of the pie and generously sprinkled white sugar on it as well. The bake time was less for me, was ready about halfway through the 45 minute time. I highly recommend this recipe! Sweet/tart yumminess!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Nov. 22, 2009
Old Fashioned Rice Pudding
Pretty good recipe and simple, though I would suggest backing off on the sugar, maybe to 1/3 cup or maybe even 1/4 cup, and lessen the raisins to 2/3 of a cup. Also added several good shakes of cinnamon instead of a pinch and a couple shakes of nutmeg, which added a nice flavor overall. Thank you for a nice recipe for a busy mom :).

7 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: May 20, 2009
Moroccan Vegetable Soup
Made this recipe as is and it was delicious! Both my children and my husband liked it. Good way to sneak in the veggies with little ones :).

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: May 15, 2009
 
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