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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
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 42 reviews
Light Oat Bread
Amazing!! I don't like my bread machine, so I did this by hand. I subbed olive oil for the margarine, did a mix of 1&1/2 cup wheat 1&1/2 cup AP white flour(plus a tiny bit more for kneading), and used honey instead of brown sugar. Though I didn't use them, Jules' instructions are right on the money. Her method is the one I've used for years to make my everyday white bread. All in all an excellent recipe with very helpful reviews. If I could I'd give it 10 stars!

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Reviewed On: Mar. 26, 2009
Sweet and Tangy BBQ Sauce
I needed a quick BBQ sauce (out of ingredients to make my normal) and found this. I only had one problem. I halved the recipe from its original 24 to 12, and added ketchup and seasonings accordingly but goofed and left my liquid amounts as the original stated! No matter, still came out great. I was also out of a few things and had to sub onion powder for the onion, left out the butter naturally, and used about 1/8 a cup of steak sauce in place of the Worcestershire sauce. Excellent stuff and I can't wait to try it as written. The only thing I might add next time is a bit of liquid smoke.

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Reviewed On: Mar. 27, 2009
Mock Tuna Salad
Amazing! And quite frankly, its a little creepy that chickpeas can be made to taste like tuna, but boy am I glad they can be! I skipped the mustard, added mayo to tasted an subbed about two dill pickle slices, chopped, for the sweet relish. Awesome recipe!

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Reviewed On: Mar. 20, 2009
 
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