My husband does not care for sweet vegetables, but I decided to give this recipe a try because I had a big butternut squash I needed to use up. After reading other reviews which suggested different root vegetables could be used, I replaced sweet potatoes with yukon gold potatoes, and replaced parsnips with turnip. I also doubled the recipe. Did not turn out well! Had to add a lot more liquid (3 extra cups) to cover the vegetables. When I added the sour cream/flour mixture, it created lumps in the broth, even though I added diluted it with broth as instructed. Had to use a straining spoon to pick out the meat and larger pieces of vegetable and then poured the broth through a strainer to get out the lumps. Veggies had overcooked and broken down, so ended up straining some of them out as well. Would not make this one again.

Reviewed On: Nov. 14, 2011

I would describe the sauce as a sweet-and-sour sauce, which my boyfriend did not like at all. He prefers his veggies with more of a savory sauce, so this wasn't a winner for us. Also, the sauce was very, very thick. I had to add water to keep it from turning into jello. I think it might be because I used a prepared hoisin sauce from the grocery store instead of the regular kind you get at the asian market, which has the consistency of soy sauce.

Reviewed On: Jun. 17, 2011

This isn't really a pudding - it's more of an egg custard with rice in it. Mine turned out watery, which I think is because I didn't use whole milk? According to a google search, that could also be from cooking at too high of a temperature or for too long. Also, be careful about when you add the coconut. The top of the custard hadn't set by 30 minutes in the bad oven in my rental apartment, so when I sprinkled the coconut, it fell down into the wet custard and never became browned and crunchy. Overall, I have to say I prefer my father's rice pudding, which has no eggs in it at all and involves lots and lots of stirring over medium heat on the stove top. I only tried this recipe because it didn't involve so much stirring, but now I think I just wasted some good rice and milk!

Reviewed On: Feb. 17, 2011