Member Since:
Jul. 2008
Cooking Level:
Expert
Cooking Interests:
Baking, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Southern, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Healthy, Kids, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies:
Hiking/Camping, Boating, Walking, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Genealogy, Charity Work
I teach basic nutrition and cooking skills to limited resource families.
My family also raises Boer meat goats, for show and for market.
Goat or Chevon or Cabrito is very overlooked as a meat source here in the U.S.
Goat is lower in saturated and total fat than beef, is about equal with chicken breast, as well as being nutrient dense and delicious.
Got Goat?
My favorite things to cook
Desserts, fresh ingredients quickly and simply combined to form incredible taste combinations, BBQ chevon ribs.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Lefse, Krumkake, Honey Lebkuchen, German potato salad, Light & Fluffy Southern Biscuits
My cooking triumphs
Professionally, teaching kids to make veggie omelets, fruit & yogurt parfaits, chicken quesadillas, baked french fries made from whole potatoes, broccoli salad, baked crispy nuggets made from chicken breast, fresh salads, easy lasagna florentine and more. Their excitement and growing confidence in themselves is awesome!
Personally: Simple Spinach-Romaine Salad with hot turkey bacon, onion, date, balsamic vinaigrette dressing garnished with slivered Almonds.
Roast Pork Loin with Cranberry Mustard Glaze,
Banana Pudding,
4 layer Chocolate Covered Cherry Cake with IMBC Frosting for Dad's 70th birthday
My cooking tragedies
Caramel Jello Cake (think Jello cake gone far, far awry!)
The first month's meals I served my husband 20 years ago when we first wed.