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1stephanie
 
Living In: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Member Since: Oct. 2008
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Italian, Mediterranean, Healthy, Vegetarian, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
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About this Cook
I am more the sous chef to my husband - I can cook lots of things, can whip stuff up from what we have in the kitchen too. My husband wanted to do more adventurous food so I let him go at it - even though he didn't know how to cook .... he learned & I helped prepare etc.. we are a real team & entertain a lot. People think what we do is complicated but team work makes it easy & fun. For ourselves we try to eat beef only once a wk now and the rest is chicken, fish & some meatless meals. Use the crock pot a lot (have a crock pot cook book - makes it easy to come up with great ideas) We also Grill, bake, stir fry etc....
My favorite things to cook
Pizza - we make a beautiful one w/ olive oil spread on crust, bit of grated parm sprinkled over, then fresh sliced tomatoes all over, scliced garlic( we like lots) and then more grated parm over the top -- bake @ 500 for can't recall - about 12 min. sprinkle with fresh basil when taking out. (YUM) I also have a chicken, walnut, feta, carlmalized onions on a pizza crust with little bit of tomato sauce on bottom - can use a bit of VH Butter Chicken sause as well. We love food made simply, from fresh ingredients ... we just had some left over chili from a few wks ago -- it was beautiful - must make that again !! Crock pot stuff - we always braise the meat first before putting in to give more flavour. Can't think of other stuff now, but wholesome, healthy & FRESH. ( we still are challenged by eating jusnk food - but this healthy eating lifestyle makes us feel good and the food is fabulous.
My cooking triumphs
Cracked black pepper & tarragon Tenderloin (meat rolled in the pepper & tarragon) - grilled on BBQ !!! :) We have a smoker too and we have done turkey & chicken breats, whole chickens (maple, hickory etc .... whatever suits the food we're smoking) We've also done ribs, steaks, ham, prawns and numerous other foods. It is a wonderful flavour, we cook outside and clean up is easy :)
Recipe Reviews 2 reviews
Cranberry Pumpkin Bread
I used Nutriblend Pastry flour instead of white -1/2 c. Br Sugar Splenda (in place of reg sugar) -more Cinnamon (1 1/2 Tsp) -1/3 c unsweetened applesauce (in place of oil) -zest of 1 whole orange -2 1/2 c. chopped walnuts. The rest I kept the same. This recipe freezes REALLY well & my husband has told me it's a KEEPER - I think so too... You certainly don't have to add more nuts like I did, but it works for us. I've seen the applesauce sub for oil on this site and am grateful to eveyone who has made comments regarding it - it works fabulous.

4 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Nov. 11, 2009
Spiced Pumpkin Seeds
This is my 2nd yr of making this recipe... my husband won't let me make any other recipe now We LOVE theses !! Everyone who tries them loves them !! Word 'spicy' is a bit deceiving - the worcestershire doesn't make them spicy hot, just a nice flavour. Watch the marg/butter, if I have more or less seeds, I use more or less butter/marg mixture, depending - eventually you'll to it without recipe to your taste. We did 4 pumpkins this year -- YUM !!!!!

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