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Jamie
 
Home Town: Burke, Virginia, USA
Living In: Lorton, Virginia, USA
Member Since: Sep. 2008
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Southern, Nouvelle, Low Carb, Kids, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Gardening, Boating, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Wine Tasting
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Shrimp Etouffee II
Home Style Macaroni and Cheese
Lemon Sorbet
Grandma's Green Bean Casserole
About this Cook
I'm a fulltime wife and mother who is getting more involved in cooking meals beyond "the basics" now that my kids are older and enjoy eating foods besides cheeseburgers and pizza :-) I enjoy being physically fit (I lift weights 5-6 times a week) and for the most part follow a healthy diet, but I also love to splurge calorie-wise on a terrific recipe.
My favorite things to cook
Barbeque! Anything with a white sauce, bonus points if that sauce includes wine.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Making homemade ice cream every year for Christmas.
My cooking triumphs
My most recent (2008) Christmas dinner for the extended family. Each dish was a 5-star success!
My cooking tragedies
I can't whip up a meringue to save my life :-(
Recipe Reviews 12 reviews
To Die For Blueberry Muffins
Tried this recipe with both fresh blueberries and strawberries; came out PHENOMENAL. Changes: added 1 Tbsp. SACO buttermilk powder to the dry ingredients; added 1 tsp. Mexican vanilla extract to the wet ingredients; folded a bit of fresh lemon zest in with the fruit; omitted the crumb topping in favor of Wilton's white sparkling sugar on top. I used a jumbo-size silicone muffin pan to bake these, and had no trouble getting them out. I'll be playing with this recipe a whole lot more!!

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Sep. 24, 2009
Shrimp Etouffee II
A winner!! Like many others, I was skittish at microwaving shrimp so I cooked this on the stove and saved the nuking for my rice. I thinned it out with some leftover Pino Grigio from my fridge. Delicious!!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Mar. 1, 2009
Home Style Macaroni and Cheese
My new go-to recipe for mac n cheese! The ultimate comfort food. My modifications: I shredded a 1 lb. wheel of aged white cheddar; I used all but a couple of handfuls in the dish and reserved the rest to sprinkle on top before baking. Completely omitted the breadcrumb mixture. Used 12 oz. of small shell pasta, and given the amount of sauce the recipe makes feel I could've used the whole box. Added about 6 oz. of whipped cream cheese. Gave the béchamel sauce a few healthy shakes of Tabasco (my son said he would've liked this better without the Tabasco sauce, but I felt the recipe would've been bland otherwise.) 20 full minutes in the oven was needed to make it bubbly and golden brown on top.

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 26, 2009
 
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