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jasmine
 
Home Town: Denver, Colorado, USA
Member Since: Oct. 2006
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Italian, Mediterranean, Healthy, Vegetarian, Dessert, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
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About this Cook
I love food!
My favorite things to cook
rice dishes (mexican, spanish, italian, asian), seafood soups, scones/cookies/cupcakes, fancy appetizers, anything requiring a dutch oven
My cooking triumphs
Three tier wedding cake for 100 people - something I'll never do again!
My cooking tragedies
Eggplant parmesan - actually, anything with eggplant - my only vegetable enemy :)
Recipe Reviews 7 reviews
Kiki's Sweet and Spicy Marinated Shrimp
I agree with a previous reviewer - this is an odd combo and not good. There is no shrimp flavor - just an overpowering marinade that is sour/sweet in a very strange way. Hate to rate this so badly but I can't recommend to anyone to waste a perfectly good batch of fresh shrimp on this recipe.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 23, 2009
Spicy Garlic and Pepper Shrimp
This was okay - a very tame stir fry. I used fresh green beans & baby bok choy instead of cabbage. Also added fresh basil and thai chili instead of red pepper flakes. Maybe some fish sauce and fresh grated ginger next time...that would be yum!

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Aug. 10, 2008
Shrimp Fra Diavolo
This recipe needs help. But with a few minor modifications, it can be terrific. First, don't cook the shrimp separately - you're losing a lot of flavor that way. I heated up about 1 tbls of olive oil and 1/2 tbls of butter and sauteed the chopped garlic, chopped shallot (because I had it), red pepper (and I even added a little cayenne), a little basil and then the shrimp. Saute for just a couple of minutes then remove the shrimp into a separate bowl - leave garlic/everything else in the pan. Then I added the wine (a bit more than 2 Tbls) and reduced it before adding the tomatoes - here I added a touch more olive oil as well. Simmer/cook down and when ready to serve w/ pasta, add the shrimp back and cook for a couple of minutes. I put drained pasta directly into the sauce and it soaked up the sauce wonderfully. I also made only a 1/2 batch and it was enough for two meals for my husband and me. With these changes, it was delicious!

43 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 29, 2007
 
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