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JLANAM
 
Home Town: Covington, Louisiana, USA
Living In: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Member Since: Oct. 2004
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Dessert, Kids, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Scrapbooking, Photography, Reading Books
Love cookies
About this Cook
I love sand volleyball and reading, and I'm a Creative Memories consultant. I'm really enjoying getting my 4 kids' pictures into albums so we can all enjoy them! I like to make and decorate cookies and cupcakes for and with my kids.
My favorite things to cook
DESSERT, especially chocolate! Also muffins, because my family always appreciates them.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Crawfish boils, and oliekooks (sp?) on Christmas morning. My children and I started a new tradition of decorating cookies and cupcakes for holidays. (See the pic of our Valentine's Day cookies on this website.)
My cooking triumphs
Mostly desserts, although I made a crawfish ettouffe one time that was out of this world.
My cooking tragedies
Hmmm... I have a hard time getting turkeys done on time. Even with thermometers, sticking them in various places like you're supposed to, something's always undercooked.
Recipe Reviews 28 reviews
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Creamy Pesto Shrimp
As written, this recipe must have been FANTASMIC!!! I had 2 lbs shrimp, pesto, and pasta, so I used this as my basis and used about 2-3T butter, about 1/2 c. evaporated milk, a little garlic, and the rest of the pesto (about 1/2 c.). I thickened it with about 1 T. of cornstarch and added the remaining Parmesan (almost a cup). It was great. Thanks a lot! This was just the type of recipe I was looking for, and my adaptation was great!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Apr. 24, 2009
Absolutely Fabulous Greek/House Dressing
This was very good! Surprisingly, it really does stay mixed (at least through dinner) when it's made in the blender. Use it on sub sandwiches (ham & Swiss, pastrami & provolone, etc.)like our local pizza place does!

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Reviewed On: Apr. 14, 2009
Whole Wheat Beer Bread
Very good, and even had good texture the next day - not crumbly and dry like whole wheat bread often is. I highly recommend using a honey brown-type beer to give it a really good flavor.

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Reviewed On: Apr. 1, 2009
 
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