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Sarah Zeigler
 
Home Town: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Living In: Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA
Member Since: Oct. 2002
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Indian, Italian, Southern, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Healthy, Dessert, Kids, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies: Reading Books, Music, Painting/Drawing, Wine Tasting
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The Mad Chef!
About this Cook
Three kids, a wonderful husband, a dog, and a cat. What else do you need? Maybe a little more time in the day! I spend most of my time playing and cooking with my kids, and it is time well spent! We have a very diverse menu in our house, we eat thai, greek, korean... I love exposing my family to new foods!
My favorite things to cook
I love to bake! I think I've found the perfect chocolate cake. I make a pretty great greek meal too. It's more out of necessity, since we don't have any greek establishments in our litte town.
My favorite family cooking traditions
We make an awesome breakfast on the weekends when dad's home, everyone gets in on it! My daughter and I make the best cookies. We make a simple butter cookie dough and cut out various shapes. I think we have like 200 cutters in just about every shape. Then we make a few different colors of frosting and go to town!
My cooking triumphs
My Christmas Prime Rib, Chicken Pot Pie, Bread Pudding and Tiramisu Cake. I've also learned to burn and cut myself a lot less over the years!
My cooking tragedies
So, so many... I was horrible with pancakes for years! For some reason I just couldn't get the hang of them. I'm over it now, but it took a while. I also go back and forth with roasts, mainly chuck roasts in the crockpot...they always end up really blah. So, I stick with the traditional oven roasting and a better cut. But every now and then I decide to try again and it always ends up greasy and gross!
Recipe Reviews 37 reviews
Award Winning Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
My husband swears that the Nestle Tollhouse recipe is the best ever, but this gave him second thoughts! And I had added cranberries and pecans, which he dislikes. I also added some spices to the cookie dough. I also made a maple glaze to drizze on top. Just the best cookie I've ever had.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 27, 2007
Naan
WOW! That's what comes to mind with this recipe! It was amazing. I did put a tsp of sugar in the water with the yeast and let it foam in a warm place. I added some garlic powder with the flour just because I didn't want to add the garlic later, thought I could save a step and some mess. I used my double burner skillet instead of the grill and it was awesome! I think it's easier this way if you're worried about burning the bread, you can watch it like you're cooking pancakes. I was worried that they would be gooey in parts, but they weren't. I divided the recipe into eight balls and just flattened them into crude looking ovals. It seemed more authentic and was just faster. I liked that there were thick parts and thin cracker like areas. I sprayed my pan with Pam and then threw them on. I brushed the first raw side with melted butter and then brushed them again after flipping. My husband has stated that I should make these all the time, not just with Indian foods.

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jun. 22, 2007
Greek Saganaki
The only reason I am giving this 2 stars is because some people might not mind using feta in place of kasseri or halloumi like tradional recipes use. Plus, feta is much easier to fine. I tried this just to see if I could sub the feta when I can't find the above and I didn't like it at all! The cheese doesn't really melt and the flavor just isn't the same. And once you've tried it the more traditional way you'll be too spoiled to accept this poor imitation. Sorry. If you want anything even close to "real" greek food, this isn't it!

5 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jun. 9, 2007
 
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