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celeste
 
Home Town: Corona, California, USA
Living In: Cedar City, Utah, USA
Member Since: Oct. 2006
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Healthy, Dessert, Kids, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Walking, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Painting/Drawing
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About this Cook
I have loved cooking and baking since I was little. My mom taught me how to cook when young. I have four kids. Ages ranging from 11 to 5. And they each have their own specific day each week where they get to help me in the kitchen to make dinner. They LOVE that one on one with me. And I enjoy sharing my love of cooking with them.
My favorite things to cook
Cookies
My favorite family cooking traditions
Every Christmas our family makes a bunch of goodies to give to our neighbors.
My cooking tragedies
When I burned my lips with a 350 degree butter knife.... Long story... ;)
Recipe Reviews 7 reviews
Easy Never Forgotten Guacamole
Yum Yum Yum!! I made this last night for a party and it was a hit! I do have to admit I used this recipe as a base and added things to it. I added fresh diced onions, fresh chopped tomatoes, diced green chilis, splash of lemon juice, and a dash of cayenne pepper. PLUS if you keep a couple of the seeds/pits them just throw them in with the guacamole and it helps (in conjunction with the lemon juice) keep the guacamole from turning that nasty brown color.

16 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 21, 2007
Banana Banana Bread
Wow, this recipe tasted heavenly! I made these in muffin form for easier eating for my family. My kids (and husband) kept sneaking into them like they were cookies! On a side note: I added some mini semisweet chocolate chips and some cinnamon chips (from Hersheys) and some ground cinnamon. Scrumptious!! *~*~**TIP**~*~* It takes about 6-7 bananas to equal the 2 1/3 cups you need for this recipe. If you don't have that many OVERLY ripe bananas just hanging around, do what I do: when I end up with a lone overly ripe banana that no one will touch, I put it in the freezer (unpeeled) then when I slowly start accumulating quite a lot of them in the freezer, I pull them out and either let them defrost on the counter OR defrost them in the mircowave. The peels will turn black in the freezer, don't worry that is normal. Also, the banana texture will be a really funky squishy. That is also normal, makes it easier to mush. But these frozen overly ripe bananas add such a rich banana flavor. **ALSO** I have made this recipe a bunch of times, that is how much myself and my family LOVES IT!

13 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 21, 2007
Banana-White Chocolate Pancakes
My husband and I and one of our 4 kids loved it! Our other three kids didn't like the texture of the bananas in the pancakes; possibly due to the fact it was something new. The pancakes were too sweet for me to add syrup. But they were very yummy with a smattering of butter spread on top. Next time I make these, I might mash the bananas and add less white chocolate chips. (oh, I added a splash of sugar free hazelnut syrup to the batter for a nut flavoring with out the crunch because I have kids who hate nuts. But if I make this again and only for my husband and I, I would add some kind of nut for a crunch contrast)

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 21, 2007
 
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