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RDAYK
 
Home Town: New York, New York, USA
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Member Since: Dec. 2001
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Asian, Indian, Southern, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Low Carb, Healthy, Vegetarian, Dessert
Hobbies: Sewing, Camping, Biking, Reading Books, Charity Work
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About this Cook
I have always loved cooking, ever since I was a kid. My mom used to let me cook dinner once a week and that was always my favorite night! Professionally, I'm a Webmaster. In addition to cooking, I enjoy martial arts, volunteering to help animals, writing, computer programming, and needlecraft.
My favorite things to cook
Vegetarian food, soups, appetizers, and baked goods.
My favorite family cooking traditions
I've strayed a little from family traditions in that I am vegetarian and my family eats meat, but I hope to start my own traditions.
My cooking triumphs
I'm quite good at soups and baked goods. I guess one of my triumphant moments would have to be this "Babette's Feast" style dinner party I threw for my birthday about ten years ago.
My cooking tragedies
I have had nothing but disaster with my attempts to cook Borscht!
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Apple Crisp II
By far the best apple crisp recipe! The topping is so yummy, crunchy with carmelization. I used triple the cinnamon from my cinnamon grinder for extra flavor. I also had to bake for an hour to get the apples to be soft. It was heavenly with vanilla ice cream. The hard part is not eating a gluttonous amount, as it's so yummy, it's hard to put the spoon down!

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Mar. 9, 2010
Mmm-Mmm Better Brownies
Reliable brownie recipe, made twice and came out great each time. Next time I will double the recipe, as it doesn't make 16 brownies, more like 6. I did make some chances to lower the calories - used 1/4 butter, melted, and mixed in 1/4 cup of plain lowfat yogurt or unsweetened applesauce, and used this combo instead of oil. I also used 18 packets of Splenda instead of the 1 cup of sugar, since I don't like overly sweet brownies. Each time mine came out more cake-y than chewy, but still delicious. Maybe not the best in the world, but pretty good and simple and easy to lighten up by substituting the oil and sugar for low-cal equivalents.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Feb. 14, 2010
Black-Eyed Pea Salad II
I had a package of steamed black-eyed peas that I didn't know what to do with, so I gave this recipe a try. It was delicious! I cut the recipe in half since I'm single, but I still used 1/2 an onion as 1/4 of an onion just wasn't enough. All the other ingredients I just cut in half. I also used oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, so I drained and chopped them without pouring the boiling water, since they were already quite soft. I used fat-free feta cheese to cut the calories a bit. Altogether this was a fantastic high-protein and very nutritious salad. Would be great for a light lunch or supper in the summertime, and for potlucks, especially if there are vegetarians. Thanks for an awesome recipe!

16 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 22, 2010
 
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