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BECKTY
 
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Member Since: Mar. 2000
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Mediterranean
Hobbies: Knitting, Sewing, Gardening, Hiking/Camping, Camping, Fishing, Reading Books, Wine Tasting
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About this Cook
A mom to two kids (11 yo and 9 months) in Colorado, I rarely have as much time to cook as I'd like. I am currently learning to double up recipes and freeze one full meal as often as I can when I cook. I love to bake, but have struggled adapting to baking in high altitudes in the five years I've lived here, and don't do it nearly as often as I used to. I get a great deal of personal satisfaction out of cooking for and entertaining others. LOVE good restaurants and great wines.
My favorite things to cook
So many things! I love Enchilada's with all of the trimmings, Great meatballs, and salads with all of the best meats and cheeses. Also chocolate rugelach at Christmas time and my husbands favorite Tuna Pinwheels and blackberry cobbler for his birthday.
My favorite family cooking traditions
The ton of christmas cookies and pastries every Christmas, creamed rice when I am not feeling well (that's what mom made me) and my comfort food Sausage Beans and Potatos.
My cooking triumphs
Serving family christmas brunches and dinners. I feel so gratified to cook up a fully rounded meal with all of the trimmings and a table set beautifully with China that I can then sit down to.
My cooking tragedies
I cannot cook a whole poultry (chicken or turkey) to save my life. This altitude baffles me! I can cook well, but my husband knows how to jerk my chain by reminding me of 3 hour cooked bloody chickens. Ack! Calling Domino's!
Recipe Reviews 51 reviews
Amazing Pork Chops in Cream Sauce
This was pretty good. Nice and quick and something different with pork chops and my family liked it with some penne pasta. I doubled the sauce and that was more than enough for the meat and pasta. The only change I made was to press a clove of garlic into the butter before I browned the meat. I like garlic in white sauces, so that was a preference thing.

12 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 24, 2011
Delicious Ham and Potato Soup
Another A+++. This is a great recipe. Sometimes I like to use some bacon fat instead of butter if I am feeling decadent but either way this is a perfect potato soup recipe. Top it with some shredded cheese and crumbled bacon.

3 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 18, 2011
Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes
Made these for the company Christmas potluck. Super tasty. I was glad to have a way to make potatoes and keep them warm for the first half of the day and I suspect I'll use them next time I do a holiday dinner and don't want to deal with hot potato mashing at the last second. They aren't precisely traditional with the cheese and sour cream in them, but still very very good.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 10, 2011
 
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