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NorCalRN
 
Home Town: Carnation, Washington, USA
Living In: San Jose, California, USA
Member Since: Dec. 2007
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Low Carb, Healthy, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Knitting, Gardening, Hiking/Camping, Camping, Biking, Walking, Fishing, Photography, Reading Books, Music
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About this Cook
I'm a new RN, trying to lose weight and figure out how to incorporate my favorite foods into a new, healthier lifestyle.
My favorite things to cook
I LOVE to bake! I love trying new recipes out, and have found I like grilling, love the slow-cooker and am all around learning a lot!
My favorite family cooking traditions
I have fond memories of making cookies with my Grandma's...
Recipe Reviews 62 reviews
Kielbasa and Potato Bake
I gave this 4 stars, my fiance gave it 3.5. I used sliced red potatoes, skin on and followed the advice to parboil them for about 8 minutes first- and I'm glad I did! I also lightly browned the kielbasa with the garlic and dried minced onion before putting it all together. I used Cream of Celery soup, and 1 can of FF milk. I cooked at 375 for about 50 minutes and it was perfectly cooked. Fiance complained it was a tad bland and a tad too soupy. So we'll work on that for the next batch! This was easy, pretty quick and tasty. We'll def make it again- THANKS!

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Reviewed On: Nov. 19, 2009
Lemony Quinoa
Wow- this is GOOD! As someone else recommended- I added the spices directly to the cooking water, as well as some dried onion and a dash of garlic powder. I do not like red onions, and didn't have celery but they are definitely not necessary- this is delicious even without them! The spices still come out very faintly, but the tang of the lemon juice is a perfect compliment. My fiance raved! Thanks for a great recipe!!

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Reviewed On: Nov. 17, 2009
Sausage Crescent Rolls
I made some changes to this since all I had was sweet italian sausage & FF cream cheese and I thought it might be a tad bland as written. I added dried diced onion, pizza seasoning and sun-dried tomatoes to the sausage and cream cheese mixture. I divided each roll of biscuits into 4 rectangles which made me 8 rolls/puffs. I lined each one with a few slices of turkey pepperoni underneath the filling. Before placing them in the oven, I topped them with some shredded cheese. The dough directions called for 375 degrees, so thats what I baked them at, for 15 minutes. These turned out pretty spicy from the pepperoni, which my bf LOVED, thus the 4 stars. I tried one and honestly wasn't too impressed- I would give 2 or 3 stars. Might make these again for the bf...

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Reviewed On: Nov. 4, 2009
 
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