Loved it!! Making it again for Thanksgiving. The only changes I made where a) I used half and half instead of cream, and b) I added a splash of dry sherry with the half and half. I served it family style, topped with chopped fennel tops and lemon slices. It looks as good as it tastes!

Reviewed On: Nov. 25, 2009

Excellent WITH MODIFICATIONS.... 1. GARLIC!! I don't trust recipes without garlic. I added 8 cloves, minced. Duh. 2. Saute the onions, celery, carrots, and garlic in a teensy bit of EVOO with some red pepper flakes as your first step. It only adds minor fat, and good fat at that. Just a little, I promise. 3. Flat leaf parsley. Throw in a few handfuls, coarsely chopped, with the cauliflower. 4. The curry powder. How could curry powder possibly be 'optional'??? Curry powder is the 'IT' ingredient in this soup! Get it in there... and plenty of it. Two HEAPED teaspoons at minimum. 5. USE GOOD STOCK, not water and those gross little MSG nuggets of bouillon. Eww. 6. Salt, pepper, salt, pepper. Taste and season often throughout the process. 7. CHEESE RINDS. Take the rinds off your good, hard cheeses like Parmesan, Romano, etc, put them in a ziploc and throw them in the freezer. Any time you're making soup, toss the rinds in early on. They add the depth that soup can lack, especially a meatless soup. Again, not to much fat, truck loads of flavor.

Reviewed On: Feb. 23, 2009

Meh. Not the most exciting cookie but a decent alternative use for mature bananas. I omitted the shortening (yuck) and substituted homemade applesauce. Perhaps that's why this recipe was so one dimensional. These are really spongy, cakey little guys. In fact, it might be a nice muffin batter.... Anyway, I added a hefty dose of raisins to the second and third batch and they were much better. Several days later: My preschooler devoured these cakies. After substituting applesauce for shortening and reducing the sugar, these cakies turned out to be a pretty high-fiber, moderately nutritious snack. On storing: they seemed to sweat a bit in tupperware. They got a bit sticky but, like I said, our kid is over the moon for them!

Reviewed On: Feb. 5, 2009