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WILDWOMAN71
 
Living In: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Member Since: Jan. 2002
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Slow Cooking, Italian, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Hiking/Camping, Walking, Photography, Music
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About this Cook
Married mother of two young children. I love surfing this site for just about anything new I can try.
My favorite things to cook
I LOVE to bake!!
My favorite family cooking traditions
My mother passed away when I was 17, so I didn't get to the chance to get all of her knowledge. I like to try and make things the way she did though, when it comes to holiday meals. Like at Easter and Thanksgiving, she always made a lime/cream cheese/pineapple jello mold that is awesome!!
My cooking triumphs
Honestly, almost everything I bake turns out good.
My cooking tragedies
Not very much, usually when I don't find a good enough recipe, but I keep trying.
Recipe Reviews 46 reviews
Old Fashioned Paradise Pumpkin Pie
This was really, really good!! I did make more, thicker cheesecake layer, as per other reviews, and cooled it as well before the pumpkin layer. I found the pumpkin to be quite runny, but it turned out awesome, and doubled the streusal, as that is what the recipe and the picture are. The recipe even made enough for 3 eight inch pies, as that is all I have. Will definitely be making again and again!!

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Reviewed On: Oct. 14, 2009
Mom's Zucchini Bread
Thses were sooo easy to make, and taste great!! I followed other reviews, and used 2 cups all purpose flour, 1 cup whole wheat flour, 3 cups zucchini, 1 cup brown & 3/4 cup white sugars, 1/2 cup both oil and applesauce and 1/2 tsp less of cinnamon. I had lots of zucchini to use, so I ended up with two batches (second batch as loaves is in the oven as we speak). The first batch I added some mini semi sweet chocolate chips to and made mini loaves (cooked about 25 mins), and the second batch has the chips and chpd pecans in it (cooking time to be determined). Had to make some nut free for the kids to take to school. The true test will be my husband. If I can get him to eat one, I know he'll like it. He's one that believes vegetables shouldn't be used for muffins and such!! LOL Will definitely use this recipe again!!

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Reviewed On: May 20, 2009
Banana Oat Muffins
Wow!! These are really good!! My family is going to love them. I am always looking for a good oatmeal recipe for my kids. Now, I had planned on doing the recipe as is, but it seems as though I wasn't prepared to do any baking today!! I didn't realize that I was out of so many things. So I had to improvise. I did double the recipe. My brown sugar was hard, so I heated to loosen, (I think I got a cup out of it) with a 1/4 cup of white. Used 1 cup each of white and whole wheat, with some wheat germ (1/2 cup) as well. Used spiced rum instead of vanilla. This one is the best...Had only 1/4 of oats, (really thought I had more) so I strained all the sugars out of about 6 packets of instant oatmeal. 2 being multigrain ones. I also used about 9 banana's (5 of which were smaller), as I love having lots of flavour. I didn't add nuts--kids can't take them to school, but topped each one off with some chocolate chips, instead of using the crumb mixture. These again were awesome...and BTW...Everything else I did have...lol

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Reviewed On: Feb. 11, 2009
 
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