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MimiAlea
 
Member Since: Jul. 2006
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Low Carb
Hobbies: Gardening, Biking, Photography, Music, Painting/Drawing
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About this Cook
I waited tables in a tasty restaurant for ten years, so I never learned to cook. In fact, my husband likes to tell people that when he met me in 1998, all my pans were black because I cooked everything on high heat! I started cooking after I left my restaurant job about two years ago.
My favorite things to cook
My family has a traditional Italian spaghetti and meatballs dish. It's one of those recipes that has never really been written down. I love to make my meatballs and have totally perfected the recipe. It's all about the Italian sausage...
My favorite family cooking traditions
Growing up, I remember so many mysterious and yummy treats in my grandma's kitchen. Dumplings and sauerkraut, candied strawberries, cherry mash, kolache, potato soup, white chocolate haystacks. I have tried to make some of these treats and it's never the same.
My cooking triumphs
It is always a triumph to add a fabulous new recipe to my collection.
My cooking tragedies
I need to think about this one.
Recipe Reviews 27 reviews
Chocolate Crinkles II
I would make these again with a few changes. I liked the flavor p[retty well, but I didn't like that these didn't spread out at all, I just prefer a larger, more spread out cookie. So, I would make a larger dough ball and maybe press it down or reduce the flour? I added a cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips, which I liked, but I want to try milk chocolate instead, I think the semi-sweet was a smidge too bitter. Also, I didn't need to put down parchment paper, these came up fairly well from a calphalon cookie sheet.

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Reviewed On: Nov. 25, 2009
Grandma's Gingersnap Cookies
I am definitely adding this to my xmas cookie assortment. I added 1 teaspoon of ground cloves, as suggested by a few reviewers, and I loved the extra flavor. Also used butter instead of shortening. Tasted just like a cookie I used to get from a local bakery that just closed. The next time I make these, I want to roll the dough in large sugar crystals, I just need to find some!

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Reviewed On: Nov. 25, 2009
Roasted Lemon Herb Chicken
Oh. My. Gosh. Made this tonite. My husband and I didn't even sit down to eat, we just stood by the stove and devoured most of the bird in about 5 minutes. I used a 4 pound chicken - took about 2 hours to cook. Added some garlic cloves, chopped white onion and half a lemon to the cavity, about a half cup of water to the pan, and lots of little butter pats to the top of the chicken. The top was so crusty and delicious. Totally making this again.

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Reviewed On: Oct. 7, 2009
 
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