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Tuna Noodle Casserole II

Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2012

Meh. This was okay. I added frozen broccoli, another can of tuna, another can of condensed soup, some celery, and more cheese. It was pretty bland, and I think without those additions it would have been even worse. If you think you'll have leftovers, add the potato chips to the portions that you'll eat now - as someone else mentioned, they get soggy and gross in the fridge.

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Quiche

Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2012

This is a good base recipe. Added some cooked broccoli and onion, and used half and half instead of milk. Fast, easy, and delicious! I made this with the cream cheese crust recipe from this site. I'd used it before in fruit pies and loved it; it was a little too rich for this dish, though.

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Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Chicken

Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2012

I added 2 cups of chicken brother to this because my crock pot was nowhere near half full with this recipe. Also, used 2 lbs chicken and 1.4 lbs pork. It was still really watery at the end, so just removed the meat from the broth and shredded for tacos. I'm sure I lost a good amount of flavor that way, but it was still pretty tasty! The broth is delicious, so we're saving it and will use it for soup when we're sick of leftover tacos. :)

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Flourless Chocolate Cake I

Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2011

Yum! Delicious and pretty easy. Wish the directions had you prep the boiling water for the water bath beforehand - I had the cake all ready to go and then had to wait for water to boil. I only had a 9 inch cake pan, so used that and then filled two little ramekins as well. Still delicious if you don't chill overnight, but it will just be gooey and not cake-like at all.

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Cream Cheese Crust

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2011

Excellent with 1/4 c of sugar added as suggested by other reviewers. Next time will add the salt and baking soda, too. I doubled the recipe because I needed two crusts and ended up with much more dough than I needed.

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Cherry-Blueberry Pie

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2011

This was okay. Might try again with fresh cherries instead of the filling. Made with the cream cheese crust recipe on this website.

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Broiled Tilapia Parmesan

Reviewed: Sep. 21, 2010

fast, easy, and delicious!

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Buffalo Chicken Dip

Reviewed: Sep. 5, 2010

This was delicious, but next time I'll double the amount of chicken used.

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Watermelon Vodka Slush

Reviewed: Jul. 9, 2010

This is good but strong! I just put all the ingredients in a blender and then put the bowl in the freezer.

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Swiss Chicken Casserole II

Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2010

This was easy and quick, but it has no flavor.

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African Peanut Soup

Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2010

Yum! I'm giving this four stars for how it's written, and five stars with how I prepared it. I halved the recipe, but still used a full 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes. I also added about 2/3 of a big jar of Pace Picante - Hot and a handful of chopped cilantro. I added about 3/8 c of rice instead of just 1/4. And I probably added more peanut butter - I just globbed it in. The result was a thick & spicy soup. Yummm... Will definitely make this again! I might try adding some shredded chicken and coconut milk to make it different, but it was definitely great the way I made it this time!

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Fantastic Black Bean Chili

Reviewed: Jan. 11, 2010

Four stars because as written, it would be pretty good. As others have mentioned, this needs some extra spices to be delicious. I doubled the recipe and added a jalepeno. Instead of using all black beans, I used two cans of black beans, two cans of kidney beans (this is chili, after all), and two cans of pinto beans. I used two of the giant (28 oz?) cans of crushed tomatoes. I then added more vinegar, cayenne (2 tbsp), cumin (1 tbsp), and crushed red pepper (~1 tbsp). Other people have said that they used 1.5 lbs of turkey for the original recipe, which would have been too much for me. 2 lbs for a double recipe was perfect.

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Holiday Wild Rice

Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2009

Meh. This was a box of Uncle Ben's rice with some vegetables. Not very interesting. (but also not bad)

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Peppermint Bark

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2009

The store was out of peppermint extract, so I just crushed the candies in the blender and mixed them directly into the chocolates. Also, I missed the part about refrigerating the semi-sweet layer while preparing the white chocolate layer, so the final product ended up a bit... muddy. But still delicious!

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Pumpkin Pancakes

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2009

Pretty good, but needed to add a little bit more sugar than what was called for.

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Butternut Squash-Sweet Potato Ginger Bisque

Reviewed: Oct. 12, 2009

If I had followed this recipe to the T, it would have been extremely bland. Here's what I did to make it yummier: curry powder, cayenne pepper, cinnamon, 3x the amount of yogurt, 2x amount of ginger. To make it easier to peel, I cut the squash in half and baked it at 400 with some water in the pan. I let that cook until I had my sweet potatoes prepped and in the pots. By the way, this recipe makes A LOT. I have at least two weeks' worth of lunch. It took me about an hour and 15 minutes to make it.

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Whole Wheat Bread III

Reviewed: Jan. 21, 2009

For now I'm giving this three stars. The lack of manual instructions is frustrating, especially for those of us who don't want to use a bm. Thanks to the user who posted non-bm instructions! The flavor is ok, but a tad sweeter than what I wanted. My bread didn't rise at all, but I think that is probably my fault: I only had 2.25 tsp of yeast, and I didn't let the dough rise after kneading. I will be trying this again, though!

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Shortbread Supreme

Reviewed: Dec. 26, 2008

easy and delicious!

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Lentil Soup III

Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2008

Kind of boring and flavorless. Even with the alterations I made (carrots, a few bay leaves, more garlic, a jalapeno pepper, ground black pepper), it was decent at best. I had to add way more than the required amount of broth for it to become remotely soup-like. Giving it three stars because it may be something I return to. It does provide a good base upon which you can probably build a delicious dish. By the way, this recipe makes A LOT.

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