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branchan
 
Home Town: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Living In: Columbia, Missouri, USA
Member Since: Jan. 2008
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Asian, Mexican, Indian, Italian
Hobbies: Knitting, Sewing, Reading Books
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Pork Loin Rub
About this Cook
College student and mother to one, very energetic toddler. Now that I've been responsible for preparing food for another human being, I've really honed my cooking skills.
My favorite things to cook
Pastas, soups, sweets...easy things that I can throw in a pot and ignore.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Huge holiday affairs where everyone helps. If you couldn't cook, you could at least peel potatoes!
My cooking triumphs
Murgh Makani (Indian Butter Chicken) from this website. It was my first attempt at Indian food and it turned out excellent!
My cooking tragedies
I cooked a "romantic" pork loin-chop dinner for a boyfriend once without realizing one of the chops (the one I served to him) had gone rancid. We broke up soon after but he wasn't my type anyway.
Recipe Reviews 40 reviews
Quick and Easy Alfredo Sauce
This was extremely disappointing! I followed the recipe exactly except used fresh garlic instead of powder. After tasting the finished product, I found it too bland so I followed other reviewer suggestions and added nutmeg and oregano, two things I've used in other alfredo recipes and enjoyed. The sauce was too heavy (yes, I know alfredo is a heavy sauce to begin with) and lacked the strong flavor of a traditional alfredo sauce. I think maybe the cream cheese dilutes the parmesan taste. My family could barely finish it (a rare occurrence). The time saved just wasn't worth it. I'll stick to garlic, butter, cream, and parm.

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Reviewed On: Jul. 28, 2009
Spicy Indian Chicken and Mango Curry
This is a great base recipe, though I make it more Thai by using green curry paste, adding 1 tsp of fish sauce and some cilantro. Amazing over jasmine rice!

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Reviewed On: Jul. 13, 2009
Artichoke Spinach Lasagna
This recipe was amazing! I added chopped carrots and mushrooms to the garlic and onions, used less mozarella (didn't have enough), and used plain goat cheese instead of feta (personal taste). I also added a little bit of sour cream to the sauce to make it creamy. Did not precook the noodles. It was slightly watery so I will probably reduce the broth just a bit next time. Oh, I also sprinkled the top with the fresh rosemary because I forgot to add it to the sauce. Great recipe!

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Reviewed On: Jul. 12, 2009
 
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