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Tinkerfaire
 
Home Town: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Living In: Deadwood, South Dakota, USA
Member Since: Mar. 2008
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Frying, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Indian, Italian, Southern, Healthy, Dessert, Kids, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies: Scrapbooking, Sewing, Gardening, Hiking/Camping, Camping, Boating, Walking, Fishing, Hunting, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Genealogy, Wine Tasting
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Me
About this Cook
My name is Weeden I am 25 yrs old and a stay at home mom/ housewife. I have a little boy who is 5 and a little girl who is 18 months old. I love to cook for my family it gives me great satifaction and pride. There is nothing that beats a homemade meal.
My favorite things to cook
I like to cook everything. I usually leave the outdoor grilling to my spouse, he isn't handy in the kitchen but really know how to grill a steak. I cook everything from chicken to shrimp and crab. I also like to try out new recipes. I am pretty adventurous when it comes to the kitchen
My favorite family cooking traditions
My mothers meatloaf, I usually dont stray far from her meatloaf recipe. her awesome green chili burros(burritos) that I still cant make. She also made awsome french toast, but i can never seem to make mine quite like hers
My cooking triumphs
My family loves my enchiladas, I am sure it is their favorite meal that i make. They also love when i make meatloaf,pork chops and shrimp. For side dishes I know that my mashed potatoes beat out the rest. I never use instant mash potatoes.
My cooking tragedies
I have had only a few. One time i made the enchilada sauce way to hot. I must have went over board on the chili powder. My soon to be brother-in-law at the time was over for his first dinner at the time. The food was so hot they couldn't eat it, and we ended up going to a resturant that night. how embarrsing! Another one is when I made stuffed pasta shells and left the plastic lid on the casserole dish. I was so busy doing other things I spaced it out. Halfway through cook time I went to check on the shells and saw the plastic melted mess. That was horrible! Not to mention I had spent an hour making the shells and I lost the lid to my casserole dish ;)
Recipe Reviews 55 reviews
Pesto Cream Sauce
This is the absolute best pesto cream sauce recipe. I have tried a few on this site and this is by far the best. The only change I made was I cut the butter down and scaled it to 4 servings instead of 8. If I could give this 10 stars I would. It has all the flavor and so creamy. My family devored this meal. There were no leftovers to my dissapointment :( The recipe needs no change at all. In my opinion you dont need to waste your time finding a better pesto cream sauce. I am sure this would go great with other meats such as chicken or crab as well. Thanks so much for an absolute fab recipe!

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Reviewed On: Nov. 5, 2009
Creamy Pesto Shrimp
I have noticed with this recipe that everyone seemed to change it. The added this or did that, then rated it at 5 stars. While it is a good recipe it lacks flavor which is a common compliant with most reviewers. It is also kinda oily so I suggest cutting the butter and simmering longer. Even then it was oily. Overall it was ok I found another recipe called Pesto cream sauce which has all the ingredients already added by other reviewers from this recipe. It has the onions, garlic and spices and it a fab 5 star recipe

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Reviewed On: Nov. 5, 2009
Mom's Best Pork Chops
wonderful recipe. Did add seasoning to the crushed crackers though b/c it didnt make much sense to waste seasoing on an egg mixture which only serves the purpose on "glue" basically to keep the crumb coating on. Plus the seasoning is what gives flavor and you want the flavor on the meat

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Reviewed On: Oct. 14, 2009
 
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