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mamazilla
 
Living In: Union City, California, USA
Member Since: Aug. 2005
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Healthy, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Walking, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Genealogy
Just Me
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About this Cook
I am a busy stay at home mom of 3 girls. I love to cook and try new recipes. I enjoy spending time with my family whenever I have the chance. I love to bake just about anything so I am well liked by my neighbors as I give them a lot of my baked goods. If I ate everything I baked, I would be as big as a house!
My favorite things to cook
I love to cook Italian meals because they usually go pretty far and the kids love pasta dishes. As for sweets, I love making cookies and cakes. I love anything chocolate!
My favorite family cooking traditions
Being of Mexican decent, I love to get together with the family at Christmas time and make tamales. We make pork tamales and it is a family affair and it takes all day. I am hoping to pass this tradition on to my 3 girls.
My cooking triumphs
Usually all my baked goods come out good and people come back for seconds. I have a fantastic family recipe for a homemade carrot cake that always make them come back for more. I also make a mean chocolate chip cookie!
My cooking tragedies
It took me a while to make Spanish Rice. I would get so mad when it wouldn't come out right that I would throw the whole thing in the garbage. I got it down now and I don't even have to measure anything.
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Delicious Ham and Potato Soup
Wow, this was awesome! It was so easy to prepare that I didn't have high hopes but I was wrong. The flavor was great. I used about two cups of spiral ham left over from Christmas and almost 4 cups of russet potatoes. I didn't have celery so I didn't add that and I used Fat Free milk which is what I had on hand. It took less than 30 minutes to make and it was a great soup that even my 3 picky kids gobbled up. I will definitely be making this soup again. Thank you for sharing this great, easy recipe.

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Reviewed On: Jan. 3, 2009
Iced Pumpkin Cookies
I was excited to make these from all the good reviews it received. I made them over Thanksgiving break and we didn't care for them. Even my husband who loves pumpkin didn't care for these. I followed the recipe exactly too. They were too "cakey" were my husbands words. Maybe they would have been better with the icing but alone, they were not very good. Sorry, but I will continue to look for a recipe for a pumpkin cookie that we like.

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Reviewed On: Dec. 18, 2008
Buttermilk Pancakes II
OMG! These are the best pancakes ever! I made these today for the first time as I have been wanting to make buttermilk pancakes. Well, I found my recipe. I mixed the milk, buttermilk and eggs and let them come to room temperature first like other reviewers suggested. The store only had reduced fat buttermilk and I had fat free milk but the taste was still fantastic! You couldn't even tell I used low fat ingredients. I followed the recipe exactly and they came out perfect. A little crispy around the edges and soft and fluffy in the middle. It did make more then 12, and mine were about 6" around, but that didn't matter as they were getting eaten up as soon as they came off the griddle. I will definitely make these again and again.

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Reviewed On: Nov. 2, 2008
 
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