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Carissa S
 
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Recipe Reviews 8 reviews
Sarah's Rice Pilaf
It's a good, basic side dish. I used brown basmati rice but otherwise followed the recipe to the letter. I'm happy to have this recipe and will use it when I've got the time or inclination to make something more healthful (SO much less sodium and gunk than Rice a Roni) than a boxed side dish during the week. I could see that this recipe could benefit from creative seasonings or herbs (chives? thyme?) but I didn't bother and we were all happy with it as written.

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Reviewed On: Oct. 16, 2011
Turkey Veggie Meatloaf Cups
We loved these. They're easy to make in advance, plop in the muffin tin then stick in the 'fridge. They were incredibly moist despite using 93/7 lean turkey. Using a large, levered ice cream scoop makes this really easy to portion out. I used the Cuisinart to grate all of the veggies but only used one huge onion which yielded less than the 1.5 cups called for. I drained and very gently squeezed out the excess water from the veggies, minced a few large garlic cloves, used whole wheat couscous (which you don't detect in flavor OR texture), added 1/2 tsp. of salt and used 2 eggs to eliminate any concern about binding (they held together beautifully and came out of the tin easily). The recipe yielded 16 meatloaves using a standard-sized, well-sprayed muffin tin, and I did half w/ bbq sauce and half w/ ketchup. My bean-pole teenage daughter ate 4(!), my husband ate 3 (there were a few more ketchup'd ones as leftovers, so bbq must've been the winner) and we have leftovers for tomorrow night! I'd happily make these again and double the recipe so I could freeze some and have FOUR nights of dinner covered! No WAY does this recipe serve 10; I'd say it'd serve a hungry family of 5 with two or three left over.

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Reviewed On: Sep. 26, 2011
Baked Kale Chips
So tasty, delicious and healthy! I added more oil (not needed) and more kosher salt (not needed); don't do like I did and try and fix what isn't broken. Despite my screw-ups these were tasty (albeit too salty) and addictive. I'll make them again -- and often -- following the recipe exactly.

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Reviewed On: Sep. 3, 2011
 
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