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althee921
 
Home Town: Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Member Since: May 2008
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Frying, Stir Frying, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Healthy, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Quilting, Hiking/Camping, Camping, Biking, Walking, Reading Books, Music, Wine Tasting
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Me and My Honey
About this Cook
My favorite things to cook
I LOVE baking! I make incredible brownies and cookies. I also make a mean alfredo sauce! I am a newer cook, but I certainly do get lots of compliments on my food!
My favorite family cooking traditions
When I was younger, I went down to Long Island to my Grandma's for Thanksgiving - every woman in the family made something special, it is still my favorite holiday.
My cooking triumphs
Every day I have a new one! I can make great homemade pasta with alfredo sauce that is to die for. It takes a very long time, but the reactions I get are so worth it!
My cooking tragedies
When I was in high school, I had to make crepes for a French class project. I set my mom's kitchen on fire. It was easily put out, and only on the stovetop, but to this day that story gets told quite a bit by my mother.
Recipe Reviews 24 reviews
Sweet Potato Biscuits
I absolutely love this recipe. I made the recipe as-is and the result was a perfect, moist biscuit. The sweet potato really adds a great flavor, but it doesn't outright taste like sweet potatoes. I made this to use up sweet potatoes that were about to turn and knowing that made the mashed sweet potatoes pretty bland with no added ingredients like cinnamon, etc. I would def make this again. The only thing I did different was to drop the biscuits by spoon rather than cutting them because the batter was a little sticky, plus the rustic look is nice. I like my baked goods to look homemade rather than from a Pillsbury can.

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Reviewed On: Mar. 11, 2009
Garlic and Ranch Turkey Burgers
Sorry, Big J Rules, but this burger recipe was a flop. Because of the weather, we made these on our indoor grate and honestly, if we hadn't the burgers would have fallen right through the grill grates and onto the charcoal. I took other user's advice and added extra breadcrumbs, and our burgers fell apart and leaked into the crevices of our indoor grill and burned even on medium heat anyways. And as liquidy as they were, the more they cooked, they turned crumbly and dry. An absolute bomb and a waste of food. The flavoring IS a good idea, I will give you that much. I would skip the egg, halve the worstershire sauce, and add breadcrumbs and maybe have a better result. An absolute disaster, people. I truly feel bad giving this rating, I've never given a 1 star out before, but this was totally gross.

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Reviewed On: Mar. 10, 2009
Modenese Pork Chops
This is the best recipe I have ever used to make pork chops! The flavor of the "gravy" was amazing. Unlike a lot of popular chops recipes, the sauce didn't overpower the nice cut of meat! The one problem I did have was that towards the end of the cooking time, the pan gravy seemed to be drying out too fast so I added a little extra white wine. I loved it, so did my honey, therefore, this is my new default pork chop recipe!! Thanks

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Reviewed On: Mar. 10, 2009
 
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