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bakermd
 
Living In: Temecula, California, USA
Member Since: Oct. 2007
Cooking Level: Beginning
Cooking Interests: Baking, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Indian, Italian, Nouvelle, Mediterranean
Hobbies: Scrapbooking, Reading Books, Music, Wine Tasting, Charity Work
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About this Cook
I love love love food! I can sit here and browse this site for hours! My dream is to have a huge gourmet kitchen so that I can sample all the top rated recipes on this site! Although, that would also require unlimited time and unlimited funds, which I also plan to be achieving very soon. :-) I'm one of those people who will go for the real butter over the fake margarine stuff ANY day. I've tried recipes where I'd replace real bacon with turkey bacon (such as in the brown sugar smokies), or applesauce for oil, and while they are acceptable substitutes, I'd rather eat the REAL thing!
My favorite things to cook
Baked goods, especially breads, cookies and cupcakes. Although, honestly, I have to admit I like to eat them more than I like to make them!
My cooking triumphs
Cola Chicken, brown sugar smokies.
My cooking tragedies
Numerous! Hmmm, putting in incorrect ratios of soy sauce and using the wrong kind of vinegar in my attempts to make adobo. Any dish that requires the use of chicken breasts, the meat always seems to come out dried out.
Recipe Reviews 13 reviews
Easy Slow Cooker Ham
Overall average ham. Used an 8 pound, bone-in, pre-cooked spiral sliced ham. Did not use the ground cloves based on other's comments. Also omitted the ginger since I simply forgot to buy it from the store. Used all the other spices as called for in the recipe. For the 8 pound ham I decreased the amount of whole cloves to 10. And then the peel of one orange as recipes calls for. Cloves and orange dominated the flavor. Not the greatest combination of tastes. If you prefer a simple ham, I think using good old brown sugar will be enough. Also very very tender. Sprial slices just fell to pieces when pulling apart, that in itself is neither good or bad, but just a personal preference for me to have full slices of meat. Not piece-meal bits. A bit of a turn off. Overall, OK. Totally agree with Elvis Presley 99's review. Too floral indeed.

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Nov. 28, 2008
Yummy Yam Casserole
This is more like a dessert rather than a side dish, especially with the pecans, felt like I was eating pie. If you prefer simpler yams, this may not be the right dish for you. People ate it and liked it, but still PLENTY of leftovers afterwards. Overall an OK dish.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Nov. 28, 2008
Garlic Chicken
Good and easy. Kind of on the dry side. I think I may have overcooked mine, though. I would make again.

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Reviewed On: Sep. 8, 2008
 
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