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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 4 reviews
Mom's Zucchini Bread
I actually altered the recipe to fit our eating program (Prevention's Flat Belly). I used Nutri-Flour (in Canada, a blend of whole wheat for baking), use 3/4 c. egg whites in place of eggs, 1 c. unsweetened applesauce in place of veg oil, 1C Splenda Brown Sugar in place of sugar, 2 1/2 c. zucchini, and I upped the nuts... to 3 c. Walnuts - or better yet 1 1/2 Walnuts & 1 1/2 c. chocolate chips ... It is FABULOUS!! I also like orange flavor so add zest of 1 orange. YUM!

4 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jul. 14, 2010
Banana Sour Cream Bread
This is one of the BEST loaf/breads I have in my arsenal now. LIke many, I made changes to suit our lifestyle & taste. We eat a certain way and one serving of this bread & a glass of milk or piece of fruit make a meal of us (we eat 4/5 meals, approx 4oo c. each throughout the day. I have calculated each serving to be approx 305cal. 3 loaves @ 10 serves each. 2 tbsp butter + 1/4 c applesauce 1 1/2 C. Br sugar Splenda Bananaa remain the same - 6 16 oz container Fat Free sour cream vanilla, cinnamon, salt, soda - same 4 1/3 c. Nutriblend flour (in Canada - like W.W. pastry flour) 2 C. chopped walnuts 2 C. semisweet Choc Chips (@ 30 servings, the nuts & choc. works out to 2 tbps. per serving, which is exactly what I intended) I put a little cinnamon/sugar mixture on the bottom/ sides of the pans (after coating them with Pam Baking (flour) spray, but I don't find it necessary. This bread is FABULOUS and stands on it's own as a cut above others. Freezes incredibly well and is really moist. Be prepared to let cool (try some :) - cut in to servings and individually wrap w/ seran, freeze and have to eat when you want ... All the best ...

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Dec. 29, 2009
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.

5 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Nov. 11, 2009
 
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