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empearls
 
Living In: San Diego, California, USA
Member Since: Aug. 2003
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Slow Cooking, Dessert
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About this Cook
Married to a rock star scientist (chemist by day, guitarist by night) and we have one shining star of a little boy.
My favorite things to cook
I love to bake! And I hate cooking the same things twice. There are far too many recipes to repeat the same thing every few weeks.
My cooking triumphs
Chocolate creme brulee, creating a recipe for an chocolate malt ice cream cake
My cooking tragedies
Shepard's Pie - I'd never even eaten it before and I decided to pretty much create my own recipe with beer, sorghum [in lieu of molasses] and parsnips. Even the mashed potatoes turned out wonky.
Recipe Reviews 44 reviews
Baked Chicken Broccoli and Rice
This is a great base recipe. I used 1/4c. fresh lemon juice and seasoned my chicken with lemon pepper, garlic salt, paprika and parsley. I added 2 fresh crowns of broccoli to the rice before dumping it into a greased 9x13 glass pan. The chicken came out incredibly moist. Next time I might use cream of mushroom soup and use 1/3c. white wine. Also, the 3/4 c. rice is the PERFECT amount. I think this recipe would be too bland without adding your own seasonings. Oh, and the cleanup was the best part - only the bowl to mix the rice, etc. and the glass pan!

7 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 7, 2009
Soft Christmas Cookies
Very nice cookie. I melted the butter and sugar together before beating them and I used 2 c. white flour and 1 c. whole wheat flour. I had to refrigerate the dough over night and I wish I had wrapped up the dough in two separate balls as opposed to leaving it in the bowl because it was hard as a rock trying to dig it out. Baked them at 350 for 7 minutes (I'm at sea level). Be sure not to roll them out too thin or they'll get crispy. Looking forward to frustrating them this afternoon!

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Nov. 4, 2008
Mama's Macaroni Salad
EXCELLENT! Just what I wanted: a basic mac salad recipe. I would recommend mixing the mayo and mustard together and then slowly adding to the macaroni, to your taste (I am very particular about the amount of dressing on anything). I used the leftover mixture for deviled eggs and my mac salad was perfectly dressed. This is my new, official mac salad recipe!

18 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: May 24, 2008
 
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