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ForceOfNature
 
Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Member Since: Oct. 2006
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Asian, Southern, Middle Eastern, Low Carb, Healthy, Kids, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Knitting, Gardening, Walking, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Charity Work
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About this Cook
Essentially I cook for two families. My own and the transitional homeless facility where I work as a monitor. I am always looking for new and inventive dishes to cook for both families and this site has been invaluable to me.
My favorite things to cook
Breakfast dishes, anything with chicken, healthy meals that make my family want to be healthy!
My favorite family cooking traditions
Having the kids in the kitchen helping. It creates family time that we all enjoy and teaches my children the importance of cooking at home.
My cooking triumphs
In the past year I have completely changed the way I cook for my family. I used to make quick and easy meals and didn't look into the ingredients. Now I make sure everything I feed them is beneficial to their health and I feel good about what I am serving them.
My cooking tragedies
Loaf bread. I am awful at it. If I make them as a roll, muffin or bisquit, they are a hit. But every time I try to make it in a loaf, it ends up dense and I am unsatisfied with the results.
Recipe Reviews 20 reviews
Brooke's Best Bombshell Brownies
I made these brownies tonight at work. I work in a home for terminally ill men and wanted to make them something sweet. Being that it is a non-for profit organization, we have a limited amount of funds, therefore a limited amount of ingredients to work with. I had to use some subsititutions. First, we had no cocoa, so I had to use extra melted chocoate chips instead. Since I did that, I added some cinnamon and walnuts to dress them up. They still came out great! I am going to make them at home, following the exact recipe, but I am sure they will turn out just as my family likes them. Thanks for sharing!

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Reviewed On: May 21, 2008
Monkey Bread I
This is an excellent, quick recipe that my children really enjoyed. The recipe calls for 3 12 oz cans of biscuits. I used 4 7 oz cans and didn't cut them. It worked out well. I baked it in a 9in round cake pan and I had to bake it a bit longer. Next time I will try a bundt pan. I also made icing and let those who wanted to ice thier pieces. Thanks for this quick and delicious recipe!

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 30, 2007
Ham N Egg Pizza
This pizza was good but I made these changes. I used more than a cup of hash browns (enough to make a thin layer covering the crust.) ,, then a layer of cheese (I used the entire 2 cup package), added chopped onion and chopped green pepper to the ham, added a 2 extra eggs and added that layer, then sprinkled the parmesan cheese. It did take a little longer to bake with these changes (about 35 mins.) but I think it was delicious and only required one piece per person. Thank you for a great recipe!

12 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 19, 2007
 
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