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lvmy2kids
 
Member Since: May 2008
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Dessert, Kids
Hobbies: Camping, Biking, Walking, Reading Books, Painting/Drawing
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About this Cook
I'm married ten years to a wonderful guy and we have two little boys, ages 6 and 4. The four-year-old basically lives on bread, cheese, pasta and fruit snacks (sigh) but the six-year-old will try ANYTHING...absolutely anything.
My favorite things to cook
Most of all I love to bake...cookies, cupcakes, cakes, cheesecakes...all of it! Any meal that goes in the slow cooker is also at the top of my list. I'm still searching for a really thin, crispy pizza crust recipe and I love to make Mexican food, too :)
My favorite family cooking traditions
Waking up to the smell of the turkey roasting on Thanksgiving and the celery and onions sauteing before they were added to the stuffing mixture. And walking into my grandma's house and always smelling something good cooking!
My cooking triumphs
My husband LOVES my oatmeal cookies. I adapted a recipe I found in the newspaper and came up with really thin, crispy oatmeal cookies. His face lights up every time he comes home to them!
My cooking tragedies
Cooking a roast in the oven. I have success with roasts in the crock pot but I can't seem to get it right in the oven. Maybe someday...
Recipe Reviews 79 reviews
Exquisite Pizza Sauce
I really can't believe how easy this was to make. It was REALLY good, a nice kick to it with the red peeper flakes. The only thing I omitted was the anchovy paste. Next time I make this I will double it and freeze in single-serving portions for when we make pizzas. GREAT recipe! Oh, this does make plenty...I used it to top two pizzas and we still have some left over :)

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 10, 2009
Valentino's Pizza Crust
So far this produced the thinnest crust pizza, which is what we were looking for. I used this recipe and made two pizzas with it. With the first pizza I prebaked the crust for 10 minutes on the middle rack (on a pizza stone) then added the toppings. It was thin but the middle of the pizza could have been crispier. With the second pizza, I prebaked it for ten minutes on the lowest rack in the oven, added the toppings and returned it to the lowest rack to finish. This made a BIG difference. This was incredibly easy to make. *****Update*****I've made this several times now and have gotten my technique down on how to get it nice and thin and CRISPY! :) I divide the dough in half and use one half per pizza. After spreading it on my stone, I bake it for 10 minutes on the lowest rack at 500 degrees. Then I lower the temp to 450, add the toppings and bake til the cheese is bubbly. When you bite into the crust you can actually hear it crunch! SO so so happy I tried this recipe :)

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 9, 2009
Cheese Garlic Biscuits II
We had mixed feelings on these biscuits. The picky 5-year old loved them, my 7-year old, who will usually eat almost anything, did not like them at all, my husband said they were OK and I finished half of one. The alterations I made were using less butter on top after baking and baking these on a parchment-lined sheet. When I took them out of the oven, there were little puddles of butter surrounding each biscuit. This is why I used only a little bit of butter to brush on top. They were just SO greasy, I could barely eat mine. Thanks for posting but I won't make this one again, just not for us...most of us, that is :)

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Reviewed On: Oct. 5, 2009
 
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