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shelteredrose
 
Home Town: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Member Since: Dec. 2007
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Asian, Italian, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Healthy, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies: Quilting, Sewing, Needlepoint, Gardening, Camping, Reading Books, Painting/Drawing
About this Cook
My cooking triumphs
I have catered events for the SCA that have been entirely historically accurate menues and once fed 260 people a 5 course meal out of a tent with only propane stoves and one BBQ. It was a great success. It was a norm to feed 20-30 people a gourmet meal in the winter from that same tent. I loved the challenge but do not miss the work.
Recipe Reviews 20 reviews
Savory Ostrich Stuff (SOS)
For those of you afraid of ostrich--DON'T BE. It tastes like the best ground beef...beefier even. We love it at my house. I have to admit t hat I didnt start out telling my daughter it was ostrich--Just called it Bird and let her assume turkey the forst couple times. It makes a great, juicy and super lean burger. I didn't have any fajita seasoning, but my plan had been to make good ole SOS anyway. This was great. I did add a bit of garlic and extra fresh ground pepper. served on toast triangles. Will try againwith the fajita seasoning idea another time. Thanks for a new twist on ground bird.

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Reviewed On: Jun. 30, 2009
Chicken Tagine
Very good...Nicely innovative for those of us with out the pricey Tagine pot. We hate eggplant at my house and since everyohne said it cooked down to nothing, I just didnt see a reason to add the slimey gook to the recipe. I used a large butternut squash instead--peeled, seeded and cut in one-inch cubes. It was probalby about 3-4 cups total. Everything else I kept the same. 5 Hours on high was way too long, as pretty much everything turned to mush, but the flavor was out of this world. The seasonings were spot on. Next time I will use real garlic, not garlic-salt, and will add less broth/liquid. It was on the wet side. I think I'll also try cooking this in my dutch oven in the oven as I think that it would benefit from some caramalization. Thank's for a tasty suggestion.

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Reviewed On: Mar. 31, 2009
Chicken Tetrazzini
This was REALLY good. The sauce is dreamy. I doubled the recipe because I had a larger tupperware of turkey left AND I wanted to use a whole 1 lb pkg of pasta. Mostly because I didnt want to cook again for a couple nights. Because we like veggies at my house, I added sauteed celery, about a cup of finely sliced baby carrots (they needed using up), and about 1 cup of small brocolli florets (also cuz they needed using). So with all those goodies added to the mix, I basically made about 2.5 times the sauce. Baked all in the oven for ab out an hour with crushed round crackers mixed with parm on top. Got raves from hubby and even the teens. This made enough for a 9x13 pan to bake last night and also a smaller 8x8 pan (uncooked) for the freezer and some night when I need the kids to stick something in the oven for me. Have added this one to my box and will try with leftover chicken another time too. Did I add the sauce is the best? One of my kids licked the spoon after I poured it over the pasta mix.

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Reviewed On: Mar. 11, 2009
 
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