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Elena
 
Home Town: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Living In: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Member Since: Jun. 2008
Cooking Level: Beginning
Cooking Interests: Baking, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Hiking/Camping, Camping, Walking, Reading Books
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About this Cook
I'm a grad student and writer who likes recipe experiments as long as they're easy and use ingredients I tend to keep around the house! I bake like crazy, rarely the same thing twice unless by request.
My favorite things to cook
Anything easy, quick, inexpensive, and delicious! I'm particularly fond of baking.
My cooking tragedies
To this day, I have never managed to properly melt chocolate chips. Something always goes horribly wrong.
Recipe Reviews 15 reviews
Dad's Steak Rub
This was tasty and easy. I hate having to prepare marinades in advance, so this gets bonus points for being a quick rub that can be thrown together last minute. I didn't have fresh garlic on hand, so I used about half the amount in garlic powder instead. I would cut down a bit on pepper next time, as it was just a little too strong.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Apr. 8, 2011
No Bake Pumpkin Pie I
I cannot believe how easy this was, and how delicious! Best first pumpkin pie ever. :)

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 22, 2010
Rosemary Chicken with Orange-Maple Glaze
Best. Chicken recipe. Ever. I'm a poor grad student, so I used just about every cringe-worthy substitution you can imagine (cheap cooking wine, dried rosemary, fake syrup, margarine...), and I omitted the orange zest, and this still turned out better than almost any other chicken recipe I've tried, and it's easy to boot. The glaze IS very thin--I've tried thickening it with corn starch with limited success--but the flavor is phenomenal.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jul. 22, 2010
 
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