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YellowBird
 
Member Since: Mar. 2008
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Southern, Low Carb, Healthy, Kids, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Boating, Walking, Reading Books, Music
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Bacon Baked Beans
Aw-Some Cole Slaw
About this Cook
Married for almost 39 years my high school sweetheart; 2 wonderful children; 4 adorable grandsons, a/k/a The Fab Four (thanks to my DD and SIL). I also have another "child," our very spoiled, very sweet 10-year-old boxer boy, 2 cats, a grandboxer and a grandbeagle. I work fulltime as a paralegal for a law firm.
My favorite things to cook
Healthy meals that can be prepared quickly after work.I also love any kind of seafood, especially shrimp & crab, and make a mean pot of seafood gumbo. Other faves are Cajun & Creole cuisine, the spicier the better.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Smoked turkey, cornbread dressing and oyster dressing on Thanksgiving with sweet potato pie and my grandmother's pecan pie for dessert; seafood gumbo on Christmas Day.
My cooking triumphs
I'd have to say my seafood gumbo - it is awesome, even if I do say so myself. I also make a great pot of chili.
My cooking tragedies
The time I didn't notice the wax paper liner in a frozen pie crust resulting in a very chewy crust for my sweet 'tater pie.
Recipe Reviews 5 reviews
Chicken Spaghetti II
This is an excellent recipe and so easy! It is actually so easy that I was skeptical but wanted something that could be made quickly after work. We all really enjoyed it, including my really picky DH. I didn't change a thing except I used Mexican Velveeta and hot Ro-tel since we like spicy foods. I highly recommend it.

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Reviewed On: Dec. 15, 2009
Salmon Macaroni Bake
I made this a couple of days ago and although my DH & DS were skeptical, they loved it! DS ate exactly half of the 9x13" casserole. I did make a couple of changes to suit our taste. First, I used a family-size pan of Stouffer's mac & cheese that I nuked for 18 minutes. Since DH won't eat mushrooms, I used cream of chicken with herbs soup. Instead of the milk, I added a can of Ro-Tel tomatoes. I also used more onions than called for. Also, for this size dish, I used 3 6-oz. cans of salmon. I topped it with panko bread crumbs and no more cheese - it was cheesy enough. It will definitely become a staple in our house.

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Reviewed On: Dec. 12, 2009
Slow Cooker Tamale Pie
This is very good. I did tweak it a little since we like things spicy. First, I doubled the recipe since I have a large oval slow cooker. I added some sauteed diced onions and bell peppers plus some chopped jalapenos (from a can) to the meat mixture. I also added jalapenos to the cornbread mixture. Also, 2/3 cups of milk for 2 packages of corn bread mix was not enough so I just kept adding until it looked like the right consistency. Finally, because the topping didn't brown in the slow cooker, I removed the crock and put it in the oven on "broil" for a couple of minutes. I will definitely make this again.

150 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Nov. 15, 2009
 
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