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Kim
 
Home Town: Buckhannon, West Virginia, USA
Living In: York, South Carolina, USA
Member Since: Oct. 2001
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Frying, Slow Cooking, Indian, Italian, Southern, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Vegetarian, Dessert
Hobbies: Knitting, Quilting, Sewing, Needlepoint, Gardening, Hiking/Camping, Camping, Walking, Fishing, Hunting, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Genealogy, Charity Work
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  • This recipe has been rated 218 times with an average star rating of 4.3
Dinner 12/12/2007
American Frittata
About this Cook
I'm a blessed 23 yr old stay-at-home daughter proudly serving my parents, two brothers and giving all the glory to God. I'm currently training to be a future wife, mother, and homemaker. :) I started helping with the cooking chores when I was about 10 years old and started handling dinner by myself at 15. My cooking inspiration comes from my mom, my grandmothers and all of my aunts. They're all wonderful cooks and great teachers! I enjoy cooking just about anything but I get the most satisfaction when I can create a meal using fresh (or homecanned) veggies from our garden along with other ingredients we produce ourselves. God bless to everyone! :)
My favorite things to cook
Anything deemed "comfort food". Vegetables. Oh and ethnic food!:) I also get enjoyment from pouring over antique cookbooks and trying to recreate the recipes of yesterday!
My favorite family cooking traditions
Mom's meatloaf, Grandma M's coleslaw and stirfry, Grandma T's pickled beets and applecake, Dad's BBQ, Great Gram's Lemon Pie, Aunt Betty's Poor Man's Gravy, and my brothers' jerky
My cooking triumphs
Fried eggs! Which is exactly why I cook the dinner shift! *wink* My Mom handles breakfast because for the longest time I couldn't fry eggs, much to my humiliation and my family's amusement! (heehee) But that's all in the past because now I can!
My cooking tragedies
I made a batch of baked beans that was just awful. I've made bread that's fallen flat for some unknown and mysterious reason. When I first started cooking I had a bad habit of making dishes and leaving out MAJOR ingredients *rolls eyes & sighs* yeah...those were awful dinners! (heehee)
Recipe Reviews 48 reviews
Creamy Pimento Cheese
This is sooooooo good! Pure comfort food. I accidentally added onion powder instead of garlic power but it turned out fine. The tip about using the liquid from the pimentos was a good one, but in addition to some of the pimento liquid I added a dash of liquid smoke for that smoked cheddar flavor along with some chipotle chile pepper powder for zing. I'll use this again and again! I'm Looking very forward to trying it on whole grain crackers.

4 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Nov. 23, 2010
MMMMM... Brownies
I always have trouble with brownies, but not these! This was a great recipe. I love the flakey top that this recipe makes. I added another tbsp of butter to the chocolate mixture simply because it seemed to need it. I took my 1 1/2 cup chips from a 12oz pack, and next time I'll just throw the whole bag in for extra chocolate taste. Also I will reduce the salt next time.

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 30, 2010
Lentil and Green Collard Soup
Excellent! A perfect light lunch. I only used 3 cups of chicken broth plus one of water resulting in 4 cups of liquid all together. This made enough soup for two people to have 3 bowls between the two of them with probably two smaller bowls left, which went into the freezer. It freezes wonderfully! Because I used prefab chicken broth I left out the salt. Next time though I will change some things to suit personal taste. While the recipe is wonderful as is we didn't care for the tastes of cinnamon and lemon. I will leave both of those out next time. Also I believe another reviewer pointed out that cooking lentils so long will turn them to mush. This happened to me and personally I enjoyed the creaminess that the mushy lentils added to the soup, but I am eager to try cooking the lentils for less time to taste the difference. Also, my collards were already cooked, with a hint of sugar and vinegar, and leftover from another dish which made prep much easier and didn't result in dirtying two pans. Cooking the onions and garlic together in oil first also helps the flavor. I think leftover wild rice would be an interesting addition to this soup, and I intend to try the idea in the future. All in all, this is a wonderful, excellent dish, that is easy to play with, and a great use for collards.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Dec. 2, 2009
 
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