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WHempsey
 
Home Town: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Member Since: Jan. 2008
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Frying, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Italian, Healthy, Dessert, Kids, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Scrapbooking, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Painting/Drawing, Charity Work
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  • Easy Pesto
  • Easy Pesto  
    By: Rebecca Jane Thompson
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  • This recipe has been rated 147 times with an average star rating of 4.4
About this Cook
I am a 22 year old newly wed mom. I am also pregnant with my second child. So between my husband, my son and my own pregnancy hunger (and lack of energy to prepare meals) I am all about finding quick and tasty ways to cook for my family.
My favorite things to cook
When I have the energy, I love to cook big italian meals for my family. I love using fresh ingredients, vegetables, whole wheat pastas and breads. Trying to keep it healthy for the men in my life.
My cooking triumphs
Those all too frequent occasions when we have no food in the house and I manage to pull of a meal that my son and husband both love.
My cooking tragedies
The first meal I cooked for my husband. When I set the house on fire (I was 13).
Recipe Reviews 14 reviews
Applesauce Oat Muffins
I was looking for something that I could make ahead as a quick breakfast for my husband and I before we work out at 5:30AM. I found these muffins and had to give them a try. I did make some modifications, and they were great. I made the recipe for 12 muffins and ended up making 20 muffins. 1. I used whole wheat flour 2. I used more applesauce in place of the oil. 3. I added 4T of fat free plain yogurt for texture. 4. I added Flax Meal, Wheat Germ, allspice, nutmeg and vanilla extract. 5. Before I put the batter into the cups I placed a slice of banana in the bottom and after I poured the batter I added 5 blueberries to each muffin. 6. After I finished baking I brushed lightly with margarine and dipped the top of the muffins in a cinnamon sugar mixture. This is a great base recipe, very fun to play with. The only reason I gave 4 stars is bc without the modifications these would have been really bland. As I said, great base recipe to add just about anything to. Next time I think I will add some pumpkin and walnuts. Banana nut muffins would be great, any berries, chocolate chips, apple cinnamon...possibilities are limitless really.

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Aug. 23, 2009
Pasta Primavera with Italian Turkey Sausage
This was a great recipe. I have been looking for other ways to prepare pasta bc the regular pasta with red or white sauce and chicken cutlets gets boring. This was great and the veggies made it much healthier than the way we normally serve pasta.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Aug. 22, 2009
Quick and Easy Fish Tacos
This was great. I used the higher end breaded fish filets - more fish adn less breading. We HATE cabbage so used chopped iceberg lettuce. I didn't use tartar sauce either. We mixed salsa and mayo mixture - it was fabulous!

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jul. 28, 2009
 
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