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Turnip Souffle

Reviewed: Oct. 1, 2011

Turnips are extremely unpopular in our house, and I turned to this recipe to use the allotment from our CSA. The souffle was good, and the turnips were eaten, but I can't help but think that it was a bit plain. A couple of more ingredients such as some cheddar cheese, a small diced onion and maybe some chopped flat leaf parsley would have made the dish a 5-star offering.

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Chicken Tikka Masala

Reviewed: Aug. 3, 2011

Far too salty, but otherwise GREAT flavor! Although I cut the chicken in larger chunks because I didn't want to use skewers, it stuck horribly to the grill. I think next time I will use a well-greased grill basket instead of trying to cook the chicken directly on the grill. Re: salt, I'd recommend no more than 1 tsp in the martinade and 1/2 tsp in the sauce. Also, the sauce - while amazing in flavor - was pretty thick and I will try to lighten it up by substituting 1/2 milk for the heavy cream. I will make this one again (maybe even next week) with the above adjustments.

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Seven Layer Magic Cookie Bars

Reviewed: Jul. 27, 2011

A classic, delicious. The secret to getting the bars to stay together is chilling them before you cut them up. If you chill them, it takes a little more force to cut them up but once cut they will hold their shape and pop right out of the pan. A thin, flat metal spatula (such as an offset spatula used to ice a cake) will also help in removing the bars from the pan. Alternatively, you can line the pan with parchment, leaving a little parchment to hang over two sides of the pan. Run a knife or spatula around the edge of the pan to loosen the edges of the bars (again, after chilling) and then pull on the paper to remove the bars in a single piece. Place on a cutting board and use a chef knife to cut into pieces.

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Beef 'N' Bean Burritos

Reviewed: Jul. 14, 2011

Not so good; the soup is a poor addition

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Carrot and Fennel

Reviewed: Jul. 7, 2011

Good but very heavy - would be good in the winter, perhaps with some fresh mushrooms added.

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Arugula and Watermelon Salad

Reviewed: Jun. 24, 2011

I rarely give 5 star ratings, but this salad is a winner. Like others, I carmelized the onions. My family - who do not like arugula or feta - emptied the salad bowl. Will definitely make again - thank you!!

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Bill Clinton's Lemon Chess Pie

Reviewed: Mar. 29, 2011

This reminded me of a Domino's pizza - it looked so delicious but the taste was very bland and disappointing. Somehow the whole was much less than the sum of the parts - real butter, eggs, milk, real lemon juice, sugar and homemade piecrust should have been wonderful, and they just weren't. To me the only point of dessert is to taste great, and this pie just didn't make the cut. As other reviewers noted, there was not enough lemon flavor from 1/4 c. lemon juice, the recipe makes a lot of filling (completely filling a homemade 9" piecrust with tall crimped edges), and it takes about twice the recommended time to cook.

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Carrot Cake

Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2011

This was delicious. The only change I made was to use just 1/2 c. vegetable oil, which I do not believe hurt the taste at all.

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Cranberry Apple Pie

Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2011

I made this pie, cut into it and it was absolute soup. I put it back in the oven (with one piece missing) cooked it another 30 minutes and it was wonderful. SO PLEASE CUT LARGE VENTS IN THIS PIE TO MAKE SURE IT SETS UP (sorry about the caps, but I don't want anyone to miss this). If you want extra insurance, you can add an additional 2-4 Tbs of cornstarch. Once I cooked it the second time, it was the perfect consistency and quite delicious.

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Microwave Tacos

Reviewed: Jan. 4, 2011

This was good, but wasn't quite as good as the package (a modest standard at best). I added 1 tsp of cumin which helped make it better, but something else is missing - not sure what.

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Chocolate Truffle Cookies

Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2010

I'm stingy with stars - but this recipe definitely earned it's 5 stars. I took these to a party with 20 different cookies and they were among the first finished.

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Peanut Butter Bars I

Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2010

This was very decent as written - 4 stars. But if you really want to take it to the next level, start with the peanut base as written, add a thick layer of melted caramel, chill and layer on double the chocolate topping. Look out - it's a five star ticket to weight watcher's h*ll.

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All-Day Apple Butter

Reviewed: Oct. 10, 2010

I do not often give 5 stars, but this recipe was great. I cut the amounts in 1/2 and baked it in the oven (covered) at 250 instead of in a crockpot. I also cut the sugar by 1/4, and it was still pretty sweet (which I like). It looked and tasted just like the apple butter I grew up eating in the midwest - delicious - and when I took it to a friend's house for dinner her family loved it as much as mine does.

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Ham and Cheese Crescent Roll-Ups

Reviewed: Sep. 21, 2010

Even though I usually like junk food, these things were way too greasy and salty for me. They would be a fun breakfast for my kids (ages 10 and 15) - but I would feel bad about feeding them these things. They left grease all over my fingers and the plate and gave me heartburn. They tasted just OK.

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Tomato, Corn and Avocado Salsa

Reviewed: Sep. 1, 2010

I substituted 2 ears of fresh corn (cooked) for the ca which worked well. Also, a teaspoon of salt sounded like a lot so I used about 3/4 tsp and it was pretty salty and very tasty.

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Easy Ice Cream Sandwiches

Reviewed: Jul. 20, 2010

1. Another time, I'd use just chocolate chips. The butterscotch chips were unattractive and did not add much to the flavor. 2. I made 1-1/2" balls and got only 10 sandwiches. This is consistent w/other reviews. 3. Each of these desserts is well over 500 calories, and they are pretty small. For the calories, I'm not sure they are good enough. But if you don't care about that, they are quite tasty. Just don't let your kids have more than one. 4. I usually bake on Silpat, but because I was making a double batch, I also used a greased cookie sheet. The greased cookie sheet worked much better. The cookies were hard to remove from the Silpat.

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Spanakopita (Greek Spinach Pie)

Reviewed: Jul. 10, 2010

Perfectly good, but not as wonderful as I expected. Needed a touch of salt (even with the feta), and not sure what else.

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Avocado-Mango Salsa

Reviewed: Sep. 13, 2009

Wow - beautiful, healthy, tasty! Modifications -- - Substitute juice of 1 lime for vinegar; - Start with 1/2 tsp salt and go up -- 1 tsp salt is too much for almost any recipe - Would probably be fine w/2 tsp olive oil - 1 Tbs was a little too much.

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Seven Layer Bars

Reviewed: Sep. 12, 2009

Without non-stick spray or parchment, these may form a rock-hard layer in your pan as mine did. It's odd that something with this much butter would stick, but that is exactly what they did, thus they were useless to take to the event I had planned. Very frustrating, although the upside is that we got to eat them all ourselves, and as posted below they are quite good! So: either use non-stick spray or line the pan with parchment before baking.

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Rae's Vegetarian Chili

Reviewed: Jan. 31, 2009

This chili was edible but very unremarkable. My husband made it to take to a chili cookoff, and not only did it not win, it was one of only two chilis (out of 27 entries) that were leftover after the event! The only thing we can think of that would have made it better was to use a different beer. He used "Sierra Nevada Pale Ale", which in spite of its name is a fairly hearty brew. Perhaps the chili would be better made with Miller light or similar? After tasting this, I can't help but wonder if some of the prior reviewers were taken in by the "coolness factor" of serving chili made with beer. Let me be the first to tell you -- the coolness factor does not make up for the taste of this stuff. And the nearly 200 people who attended this chili cookoff - and chose not to eat it - are proof of that.

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