Member Since:
May 2005
Cooking Level:
Intermediate
Cooking Interests:
Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Healthy, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies:
Gardening, Hiking/Camping, Camping, Biking, Walking, Fishing, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Painting/Drawing
Married for 2 years now. No kids but waiting for the day. Full time 911 dispatcher and part time college student.
Big nature lover! In the summer I disappear to the mountains and don't come back until the leaves start falling.
My favorite things to cook
Desserts. I have a huge library of dessert recipes that I love. I'm working on practicing meal recipes now that I'm married ;)
I also love cooking vegetables that I've grown in my veggie/herb garden. This summer I made refrigerator pickles, salsa, zucchini bread, green beans, carrots in dill, beets, squash, and lots of other veggie dishes. There's something very satisfying about growing and then cooking your own food.
My favorite family cooking traditions
On easter we make something we call 'Birds Nests'. Baked with coconut, shredded wheat, and butter pressed into tinfoil and shaped to resemble birds nests. After baking and cooling, we add red and green grapes (eggs), yogurt, and strawberries. Very fun Easter breakfast!
My cooking triumphs
Making most of thanksgiving dinner for my husbands' dad, brother, and grandpa who all live alone. They would have just had turkey and mashed potatoes without me. They loved everything I made and thanked me over and over.
My cooking tragedies
Flan! I've tried every recipe on this site and cannot get it right! The cream cheese makes it too thick and heavy. The heavy cream leaves fat deposits on top of my flan. And I've burned myself everytime trying to maneuver the water bath in and out of the oven without spilling the water into the flan (which I sometimes do anyway). I finally gave up trying to make a flan I like and just buy the three-dollar-a-serving-stuff at the local mexican restaurant. Wish I could make mind like they make theirs! :(