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Home Town: Rathdrum, Idaho, USA
Living In: Ramona, California, USA
Member Since: Mar. 2002
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Healthy, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Needlepoint, Gardening, Camping, Reading Books, Music
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About this Cook
I am a stay-at-home mom of three children (boy 9, girl 6, boy 2). Most days I am fixing 2-3 hot meals because my husband telecommutes and is home for lunch. I help provide snacks for my Mom 2 Mom group, Awana Cubbie group, church events and meals for friends in need.
My favorite things to cook
I like to make chicken enchilladas, one pot meals, cookies and stirfrys.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Every Christmas we would spend one day making pies for all of the extended family at our Christmas Eve gathering of families at Grandma's house. There were 15-20 pies of all different flavors and all of them were homemade. Yum!
My cooking triumphs
I made creme brule for a hosted desert table at a fund-raiser for our church's children center. It was perfect with the crispy sugar and fresh blackberries as garnish.
My cooking tragedies
Shortly before we were married, I made a meal that my husband named "Crockpot Chicken". Being new to crockpot cooking, I put the noodles in too soon and they disolved into wallpaper paste. It was so bad we threw the whole thing out and ordered pizza. After 11 years of marriage my husband still brings it up on occasion.
Recipe Reviews 60 reviews
Easy Shake and Bake Chicken
This was easy! I didn't use the butter though. I sprayed the pan with Pam spray and the chicken turned out tasty and much lower in fat.

4 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Aug. 2, 2008
Irish Soda Farls
My family loves these! I do have to cut them in half to make them thinner so that they cook all the was through. Wonderful alternative to biscuits.

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jul. 24, 2008
Easy Granola Bars
This is a very versatile recipe. My picky kids love them and it saves me money making bars instead of buying them. I did take another reviewers advice and I pressed them into my jelly roll pan.I sprayed my hands with cooking spray to press the mix into the pans without it sticking to my fingers. I also used pecans and sprinkled the top with cinnamon before baking. I cut them into 24 bars. Easy recipe for kids too! My 7 year old daughter was able to help me with most of it.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Feb. 20, 2008
 
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