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FrankiAndPaul
 
Home Town: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Living In: Dallas, Texas, USA
Member Since: Oct. 2007
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Southern, Healthy, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies: Scrapbooking, Sewing, Gardening, Biking, Walking, Reading Books, Music, Genealogy, Charity Work
About this Cook
I am a graduate student in Psychology and appreciate healthy, quick, and easy dishes that are packed with nutrition that will keep me going to the next school project! I also like to jog, bike ride, and do pilates.
My favorite things to cook
I was raised in Louisiana, so my favorite things to cook are Cajun dishes, as I am Cajun French myself.
My favorite family cooking traditions
We would pock Easter Eggs for Easter then make deviled eggs with them. Apparently it's a Cajun cultural thing to "pock" Easter eggs which is a game you play where two people take the pointed ends of their dyed eggs and hit them together. The person who breaks the other's egg wins and gets to keep the other's egg.
My cooking triumphs
I have learned so many recipies off of of this website. My father-in-law served 10 months in a prisoner of war camp during WWII and every time I get a new recipe off of this website and see him smile it is a cooking triumph. Thank you all for sharing!
My cooking tragedies
I made this awful tasting pumpkin soup recipe for Thanksgiving one year that had cumin in it and didn't realize how much our family really hated the spice cumin! To make matters worse, my father in law was a WWII vet who had been in a prisoner of war camp and to serve him bad food was really awful!
Recipe Reviews 17 reviews
Pumpkin Bars III
We call this Pumpkin Bread and make it for breakfast. Pumpkin is loaded with Beta Caratene which converts to Vitamin A. So, it is great for the eyes. The kids love it. I altered the recipe to make it healthier-low cholesterol & low fat. I use 8 egg whites since I am allergic to egg yolks. I substitute apple sauce for the oil, use wheat flour instead of white flour, and use honey instead of white sugar. I add 1 teaspoon nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon ginger, & 1/4 teaspoon cloves. After it is in the pan I sprinkle generously with pumpkin pie spice on the top. I leave off the cream cheese icing because it is sweet enough without it. This makes a great fall breakfast dish.

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Reviewed On: Nov. 7, 2008
Wheat Germ Whole-Wheat Buttermilk Pancakes
This recipe was ok, but I did not think it deserved the rave reviews that I read about it. Hungry Jack pakcakes out of a box are lighter, fluffier, and tastier. I will probably make these again because they are healthy and good for you, but they have that "health food" taste that left out taste buds lingering for something better. I like healthy food that taste good, too. This was not it.

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Reviewed On: Oct. 19, 2008
Banana Nut Bread II
This recipe is good, but not pop my eyes out, blow steam out of my ears GREAT! I followed the directions exactly, except for substituting applesauce for margerine/butter and we used pecans instead of walnuts. Applesauce was in the same measurement as the margerine, except it is more heart healthy and makes for a moist recipe. We used pecans instead of walnuts because pecans are one of the top 20 antioxidant foods. The bread was moist and chewey, it looked good, but it just didn't have that fruity, earthy, banana type taste my mother & grandmother's had. I could taste the bananas, but they weren't strong enough and left me longing for that taste. But it was plenty moist and chewwy so we compromised on a 3 rating. I may make this again, only until I find a better recipe. Maybe it needed more banana and some vanilla. Just not up to my expectations.

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Reviewed On: Feb. 24, 2008
 
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