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Carisa
 
Home Town: Grants Pass, Oregon, USA
Living In: Mesa, Arizona, USA
Member Since: Apr. 2003
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Frying, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Indian, Italian, Middle Eastern, Healthy, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Knitting, Gardening, Walking, Reading Books
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About this Cook
I am an RN with too much to do. I love to cook but don't have much time. AllRecipes is a life-saver. I can easily find my saved recipes or go searching to make something new. I am very attached to this site!
My favorite things to cook
I love to cook desserts and bake. If it's high calorie, I'll probably be cooking it!
My favorite family cooking traditions
I often prepare the Thanksgiving Dinner with help from attendees. We always try to add something traditional for visitors. Christmas Eve I always make my special lasagna. My family (esp my eldest!) would disown me if I ever fail to fix it! Some people are identified by what they eat... I am identified by what I cook!
My cooking tragedies
I made a new dish, a fish shepherd's pie and it puffed up and overflowed into my oven. I just opened the door and tried to get the worst off - but the fire alarm went off and I didn't know it was directly wired to the firestation. The firemen turned down my offer of dinner!
Recipe Reviews 46 reviews
Fluffy French Toast
Only saturate your bread if you like gooey, raw tasting middles. Also, it will only make 7 slices of Texas Toast size bread. Next time I will do as I always do, dip quick and put in the pan. Hopefully that will be better. I gave it a 4 since my kids really liked it. Taste is good, texture is gross.

3 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 9, 2011
Lori's Spicy Chipotle Lasagna
This is an amazing recipe - even when you really mess it up! Some of us don't read as closely as we should - it says "one chipolte chile in adobo sauce, chopped" NOT one can of chipolte chiles dumped in the dish. I couldn't figure out why this was so BLAZING hot. I'm a weinie and all.... But even with the heat (layered under a blanket of sour cream) I could still taste the wonderful flavor and my crew who loves the heat really loved this. I expect to make this a lot, but in a milder fashion... thank you for this recipe!

3 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Apr. 12, 2010
Magic Cookie Bars from EAGLE BRAND(r)
These are very popular at my house. The only things I do differently is to mix the chocolate chips, coconut and nuts together then pour over the condensed milk and I pressed with my hands rather than a fork. I have used pecans and almonds so far - we prefer the pecans. The negative thing is how difficult it is to remove from the pan even after it is sprayed. I think I will try lining the pan with sprayed parchment paper. Hopefully it will release from the crust! I am also going to increase the crust by half. Doubling the crust is too much for us. Warning: be sure to allow to completely cool and chips have firmed back up, otherwise you will have a real mess on your hands.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Mar. 7, 2010
 
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