I was trying to re-create the soy strawberry-banana smoothie from Jamba juice and found this recipe to be a great base for it. I used vanilla soymilk instead of milk, vanilla yogurt instead of plain, left out the vanilla and sugar, and added a banana to it. It was fantastic! If you find yours too thick, add another 1/4 cup of soymilk. Yum!

Reviewed On: Dec. 11, 2007

This is a good chili. My husband who's picky about his chili liked it. But I found it wayyyyyyyyy to spicy for my taste eventhough I made I only used medium chili beans instead of spicy, jalapeno peppers instead of chili ones, and less than 1 tsp of cayenne pepper. If I make it again, I probably will just mild chili beans, maybe 1 jalapeno and no cayenne pepper. I'm only rating this recipe 4 start because 1) there's too many ingredients thus requiring more time for chopping (I prefer simpler recipes) and 2) I really didn't like having to stay close to my stove the whole 2 hours it was simmering to stir it. If I didn't stir it 5-8 minutes, the bottom would burn and stick to the pan. I think this recipe can be very good in the crockpot.

Reviewed On: Nov. 11, 2007

I've been looking for a better Pad Thai sauce than the one I've always use. I don't like the paprika in it. This one wasn't too bad. First, don't substitute the fish sauce and all. That's what makes the sauce taste good. That's the base of most, if not all, Thai cooking. So if you don't use that, don't even try this recipe. Second, I scrambled the eggs then added the noodles then the sauce. If your noodles are too soggy it's either because you didn't use the right size noodles (I don't recommend the small size since they're too thin. Medium or large is best. If you can't find the variety at your regular grocery store, go to an Asian store, they'll have it.) Also, don't soak your noodles in hot water or for too long. That makes the noodles too soft which once cooked will be too soggy. Your noodles are ready to be cooked once they're bendable but still have a slight crunch in them. Overall, it wasn't too bad. I'd use it again.

Reviewed On: Oct. 9, 2006