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RIC-Girl
 
Home Town: Richmond, Virginia, USA
Member Since: Jun. 2003
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Hobbies: Wine Tasting
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Rich Chocolate Frosting
Too Much Chocolate Cake
About this Cook
Well, what about me :) I've been cooking for a as long as I can remember. I was always in the kitchen with my mother as a child, and when I'm home, it's the exact same. I learned most of my cooking knowledge from my mother.
My favorite things to cook
I'm very partial to desserts - any and all kinds!
My favorite family cooking traditions
Every Christmas Eve my family gets together to eat and do a gift exchange. The meal consists of wonderful appetizers - all of mine come from this website!
My cooking tragedies
I made a shepard's pie once that was horrible! That was the first and probably last time I make that dish :)
Recipe Reviews 24 reviews
Super Summer Salsa
This is such a good and simple recipe. I use frozen roasted corn from Trader Joe's instead of canned corn. It has a wonderfully smokey flavor. I used a bit of splenda instead of sugar, added red pepper flakes and a bit of cumin. So easy to throw together and serve with tortilla chips!!

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Reviewed On: Aug. 19, 2009
Mexican Chicken Corn Chowder
This is one of my favorite soup recipes. It's super easy to throw together. I made changes based upon what I had on hand and it's pretty low fat. I used ground chicken instead of chicken breast, chicken stock instead of bullion and water, fat free half and half, about 1/2 bag of Trader Joe's roasted corn (this is what made the soup amazing) instead of creamed corn, no cumin as I didn't have any and about 1 cup of salsa instead of tomato since I didn't have one. I've done it with the cheese and without and it's good either way.

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Reviewed On: Feb. 28, 2009
Mini Cheesecakes I
These are so cute! I used the mini Nilla wafers and the mini baking cups (1 5/8"). The wafers fit into the bottom of these perfectly. I made the batter per the instructions, used half to be topped with cherries. The other half I added in the zest and juice of two limes. I baked them for 9-10 minutes. Then, sliced a small piece of a third lime to decorate the top of each lime cheesecake. Both the cherry topped and lime cheesecakes looked great and very festive together. (I made these for a Christmas Eve party) Definitely a good basic recipe.

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Dec. 25, 2008
 
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