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JenD2006RN
 
Home Town: White Oak, Pennsylvania, USA
Living In: North Versailles, Pennsylvania, USA
Member Since: Feb. 2008
Cooking Level: Beginning
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican
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Zoey
About this Cook
I've been married for only about two years, I'm a new homeowner, and I'm a totally newbie in the kitchen. I feel that I can't cook, but whenever I make anything (usually recipies from this site) my husband always says that it's great, and he would tell me the truth.
My favorite things to cook
I love mexican food. Enchiladas are my favorite. I also love to bake.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Baking Christmas cookies. Dozens and dozens of christmas cookies!
My cooking triumphs
Every time I cook something and my husband and I like it!
My cooking tragedies
I've had a few. I have found that if something calls for onions that I need to severely cut back the amount or eliminate them altogether because my husband and I dont care for them much.
Recipe Reviews 23 reviews
Blue Cheese, Bacon and Chive Stuffed Pork Chops
I didn't have a full 4oz of blue cheese, so I mixed in some left over feta and cream cheese as others had suggested. It definetly made more than enough for the two pork chops that I had. Next time I'll cut back on the amount of cheese I use. This is definetly not for someone who doesn't like the taste of blue cheese. I do like it, however, and loved the flavor of the blue cheese and the bacon. I omitted the chives because I didn't have any on hand. I will be making this again for sure.

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Reviewed On: Oct. 17, 2009
Gerry's Chicken Enchiladas
While I often do not change the recipe much, with this I omitted a few things. I didn't marinate the chicken and I'm glad I didn't! The flavor that the chicken gets from the tomatos, onion, and green chilies is awesome. I also didn't dip my tortillas in heavy cream. When the directions called for Cream of Chicken Soup I was a little worried. I wanted to make a very authentic type of enchilada and that concerned me, but honestly it didn't take away from anything. I do feel it's a necessary ingredient though because it makes the sauce not so thin. As for the sauce, it takes FOREVER to reduce. When adding it to the chicken know that it will not be a 'paste', and truethfully, do you really want a paste?! When putting the sauce in the bottom of the pan I just strained out the tomatoes, onion, and chilies and laid them all on the bottom, then I rolled up the tortilas and poured more of the cooked sauce over them. Why add a pre-made generic tasting 'Enchilada Sauce' when you have this awesome sauce YOU MADE?! I added a small amount just because I bought the stuff, but next time it's a big ol' NO. Very time consuming recipe but VERY VERY WORTH IT.

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Reviewed On: Jun. 8, 2009
Creamy Smashed Potatoes
I made these as directed except for the onion salt (because I didn't have any) and I didn't bake them. I used garlic salt instead. My husband and I loved these. I think a little chedder cheese sprinkled on top while still hot would make them even better.

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Reviewed On: Apr. 29, 2009
 
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