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goodfood4ursoul
 
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
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Cream Cheese Bourbon pound cake with fresh strawberries
Graduation Cake 2008
About this Cook
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.
Recipe Reviews 8 reviews
Absolute Best Pancake Syrup
This is good- really good! Especially if you are feeding a large crowd! But if your family eats pancakes only occasionally or you are not feeding a huge crowd, than most of the syrup will end up being thrown away, as it should not be kept for more than a few days in the fridge. And parts of it will get hard in the fridge & therefore need reheating in the microwave.

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Reviewed On: Nov. 17, 2009
Unbelievably Awesome Barbeque Chicken Pizza
Simply Amazing! A hit with everyone in the family! Made this with Wolfgang Pucks pizza dough recipe: 3 c flour, 1 c. water with 2 tsp. yeast & 2 tsp honey, 1 tsp. sea salt, 1 T olive oil with dough hook on mixer. Set out toppings(roasted peppers, red onion, mushrooms, chicken, tomato slices, spinach leaves) and let folks make pizza for one. The sauce is absolutely to die for!!! DH says it's as good or better than the BBQ chix pizza we ate at Wolfgang's at DTDisney! Thanks Laura!

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Reviewed On: Oct. 26, 2009
Alla Checca
According to the USDA, all raw fruits and veggies that have been cut or peeled should be refrigerated within two hours to prevent possible food-borne illnesses. Yes, tomatoes are higher in acids than other foods, but they CAN become infected with bacteria. The best-practice for safe food handling of cut tomatoes is to refrigerate within two hours and within one hour if room temperature is 90 degrees F or higher. Since 76,000,000 people (76 million- this is not a typo) get sick with food-borne illness each year in the USA and 5,000 of those people die it is a good idea to be safe instead of taking chances. As few as 10 bacteria can make you sick, and bacteria can double every 20 minutes at room temperature. 10 accidental bacteria sitting in your tomatoes and olive oil now can become over 5,000 bacteria in 3 hours and over 40,000 in 4 hours. Please be safe with food. Want to check my facts? Need more information? Go To: http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/mypyramid-food-safety_files/frame.htm

3 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Aug. 24, 2009
 
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