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Creamy Pimento Cheese

Reviewed: Nov. 23, 2010

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.

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MMMMM... Brownies

Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2010

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.

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Lentil and Green Collard Soup

Reviewed: Dec. 2, 2009

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.

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Old-Fashioned Lemonade

Reviewed: Sep. 19, 2009

Wonderful and refreshing! I juiced 8 lemons because that was what I had and I boiled the sugar with 2 cups of water to make a syrup. Big thumbs up on this one! The tip about microwaving the lemons for 10-15 seconds was a gem!

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Crispy Chicken Strips

Reviewed: Aug. 25, 2009

This was AMAZING! I cut 4 chicken breast into strips, used 1 egg beat with 1/2 cup of milk for my wash, and plain whole wheat bread crumbs seasoned with Season-All. Honey Mustard Sauce, also from this site, made a great dipping sauce for these crunchy delectable strips!

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Cheesy Rosemary Potatoes

Reviewed: Jul. 17, 2009

I admit I was not expecting much out of this recipe. We all know simple is often better, but there is such a thing as *too* simple. Don't let that fool you, though! This was WONDERFUL! It went perfectly with our grilled steaks and was divine topped with steamed broccoli. Several at the table even squirted ranch dressing on it! It is so great as written but I do plan to play with it a bit, adding things to make it a main dish. I think it would work with beef tips or chicken chunks mixed in along with broccoli or perhaps a frozen veggie medley.

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Light Oat Bread

Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2009

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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Sweet and Tangy BBQ Sauce

Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2009

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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Mock Tuna Salad

Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2009

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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Italian Spaghetti Sauce with Meatballs

Reviewed: Jan. 13, 2009

I was on the hunt for a meatball recipe and came across this. Excellent! I doubled the recipe and ended up with about 28 good sized meatballs. Didn't add a thing to it.I didn't have any lean ground beef left so I used regular. I did brown the meatballs on all sides in olive oil and instead of cooking them in a sauce I just placed them on my broiler pan and baked them at 350 for a bit. They came out crispy yet moist. Plus the grates in the brolier pan allowed icky fat to drain away! Great recipe!

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Nanny's Spaghetti Sauce

Reviewed: Jan. 13, 2009

This stuff is SO good! I didn't have crushed tomatoes so I used two 14.5 oz cans of diced, flavored with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. And since I cooked this all day in the slow cooker they broke down and I was able to smash them with a potato masher. Thus I ended up with a slighty chunky but not too chunky lovely thick sauce. I also added basil, used white vinegar in place of the red (that was all I had) and some onion powder. I can't wait to experiment with this! Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!

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Banana Banana Strawberry Smoothie

Reviewed: Aug. 8, 2008

This was my first attempt ever at making a smoothie, and this was the PERFECT recipe! The only problem was I didn't have any banana extract so I just used two bananas. I also followed the suggestion of another reviewer and added ice, but at 1 1/2 cups. I also left out the sugar as it was plenty sweet enough. Even the non-banana people in my house RAVED about this recipe! Thanks so much!

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No Bake Cookies III

Reviewed: Jul. 17, 2008

I'm not sure why these got such great reviews. At least the clean-up was easy. All I had was to do was wash one pan and roll the wax-paper up, cookies and all and toss.

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Fried Chicken with Creamy Gravy

Reviewed: Jul. 15, 2008

All I was after was a creamy chicken gravy recipe and this fit the bill perfectly! Delicious!

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Juicy Roasted Chicken

Reviewed: Jun. 17, 2008

Well this certainly was simple! And it surely was wonderful! So it must have been Simply Wonderful!;) Great taste, great presentation, great everything! The only changes I made were minor. I rubbed a ton of REAL butter on the exterior (as well as under the skin)of the bird then also sprinkled garlic powder with the onion powder. I also stuffed a few carrots in the cavity with the celery. Next time I'll try adding fresh onion and fresh garlic in the cavity as well. Maybe even a lemon! The leftover carcass (not that there was much meat left) is also headed right for the crockpot to make Slow Cooker Chicken Broth also found on this site. Thanks for this great contribution! :)

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Butterscotch Oatmeal

Reviewed: Jun. 4, 2008

Five stars doesn't even begin to properly rate this delicious recipe! Until recently I had never tried oatmeal. It just didn't look appealing to me. With rising food prices we needed a breakfast for one day a week that wasn't overly expensive, and oatmeal fit the bill perfectly. I've tried fixing it several ways (apples, raisins, peanut butter) and it never appealed to our tastes. I was about to give up when I found this recipe. This stuff is GREAT! It didn't end up looking like the picture but that didn't change the taste any! None of the oats came out mushy and the butterscotch taste was VERY evident. I wouldn't change anything. Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Thank you for this great contribution. :)

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In-a-Pinch Ketchup

Reviewed: May 29, 2008

I've been developing a BBQ sauce that meets all my needs and I finally nailed the formula, which starts with a ketchup base. But I think store bought ketchup is disgusting and wanted something homemade. This was PERFECT! It was the perfect base so all I had to do was add my secret ingredients. It made my sauce taste even better than it already did. I'm going to use this as a regular ketchup as well. A little tip; Instead of letting it cook for just an hour I put it in my small crockpot and let it sit on low all day. YUM! Thank you for this GREAT recipe! :)

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Slow Cooker Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Reviewed: May 26, 2008

This got rave reviews from the whole family, and was a perfect match to our grilled steaks and roasted corn on the cob for Memorial Day. You rarely read such a thing for a suggestion but make sure your black pepper is OLD! We use a fresher pepper than can be found in grocery store spice aisles and 1/4 tsp was jsut WAY too much! Had I been thinking I would have reduced it. But that was MY fault not the recipe's :). As far as changes go I used minced fresh garlic instead of garlic powder. The leftovers (what few there were) were great fried the next morning at breakfast. Thumbs up on this one!

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Baked Potato Casserole

Reviewed: May 15, 2008

This was certainly worth fixing, but as usual I made a few changes. I cubed and boiled my red potatos with the chopped onion. I replaced the ham with bacon (and left out the salt), and instead of using just mayo to go with the sour cream I used half mayo and half ranch dressing. Also a baked potato taste isn't complete without butter so before mixing the sour cream/mayo/dressing in I tossed the cubed cooked potatoes with melted butter. I also cut WAY back on the cheese. 8 cups is just too much. I also mixed in quite a bit more black pepper and added dried greek oregano. Once it came out of the oven I sprinkled cooked crumbled bacon, chopped green onions, and shredded cheddar over the top. This one will go in my box of last minute "emergency" recipes! Good stuff!

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Amazing Whole Wheat Pizza Crust

Reviewed: May 13, 2008

I'm not sure what went wrong with this one. I've always made my own crust and I've used whole wheat flour before (I didn't bother with any white all- purpose flour). But this time it just didn't pan out. I think my mistake was in letting the bread machine save me some time and do the work for me. I've never done that for crust. The dough was impossible to work with. Terribly terribly gooey, even after I added WAY more flour than was called for (I was trying to save it.) Learned my lesson though. Never use a machine to do the work of a cook! Ruins the recipe. I ended up chucking the stuff and kicking myself and using prefab crusts. I suppose that's what I get for trying to cut corners. I'll just stick to my other crust recipe.

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