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lylastarr2
 
Home Town: Eugene, Oregon, USA
Member Since: May 2008
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Stir Frying, Mexican, Italian, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Gardening, Hiking/Camping, Walking, Reading Books
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Beet Bundt Cake
Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake
Beth's Spicy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Strawberry "Muffins"
Cabbage and Pasta
About this Cook
I like to cook but I won't spend all day in the kitchen. Pasta is my go-to dish and dessert is one of my favorite things to spend time on.
My favorite things to cook
Pasta, cake, cookies, chicken, burgers, potatoes, vegetables...
My cooking triumphs
Nothing specific comes to mind but I will say that when I cook with fresh, local and organic products my food always tastes the best.
My cooking tragedies
Once in high school my friend and I tried to make chocolate oatmeal cookies into just chocolate cookies. Since we made no changes except to omit the oatmeal, our cookies has basically turned into a gooey, runny mess all over the pan and oven by the time we checked them.
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Greek Butter Cookies
I thought these were fabulous. I followed others' suggestions and doubled the vanilla and almond extracts. I got about 30 cookies in all; could have made maybe a few more but I was out of cookie sheets. I did 10 rolled in powdered sugar, 10 I flattened and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar before baking, and 10 I flattened and dipped in dark chocolate once cool. The powdered sugar ones were the household favorite. The cinnamon-sugar ones were basically snickerdoodles, and the ones with the chocolate I felt overwhelmed the subtle flavor of the cookies themselves. I think this is a really easy, delicious, and versatile recipe.

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Reviewed On: Dec. 10, 2008
Beet Bundt Cake
Wow, really good recipe! I could not tell there were beets in this and I DON'T like beets so I would have noticed. I did replace 1/4c flour with unsweetened cocoa and had probably closer to 1 1/2c beets than 2. It was very magenta before baking but it smelled like chocolate. After baking it looked just like a chocolate cake, very dense but moist. Some people said it was too sweet, but I didn't want a bread-like, light and healthy cake, I wanted a real cake so the sugar was just fine. I wish it had frosting though, next time I will add some.

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Reviewed On: Sep. 28, 2008
Ginger Veggie Stir-Fry
This was delicious and so easy. The ginger flavor with the soy sauce was great and even a little mild even though I used more than the recipe called for. I used snow peas, carrots, broccoli and red pepper that I added a little after everything else so it wouldn't be overdone. I covered it for a few minutes to let everything steam once it was all in since my boyfriend prefers his veggies a little more well done. Will make again, great base recipe that can be made with whatever you've got.

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Reviewed On: Sep. 28, 2008
 
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