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COOKINKIWI
 
Living In: Milton, Ontario, Canada
Member Since: Sep. 2000
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Frying, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Indian, Italian, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Low Carb, Healthy, Dessert, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies: Sewing, Gardening, Reading Books, Charity Work
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About this Cook
I'm very involved in volunteer work in the community; am an elected town councilor which means a lot of meetings and maybe not quite as much time to cook as I'd like.
My favorite things to cook
Yeast breads, any baking, cooking for friends. I like to try anything new.
My favorite family cooking traditions
I don't have any family cooking traditions, my cooking interests have developed with time and a husband who likes to eat different foods.
My cooking triumphs
Making my own wedding cake. I bought a book on cake decorating - I was really happy with the results.
My cooking tragedies
a batch of bread in which I forgot to add the yeast! Even the birds wouldn't eat it.
Recipe Reviews 89 reviews
Cheese Straws
These had great taste and texture but the reason for only four stars is that I could not get the ingredients to come together where I could form a ball, let a lone a "snake". So I added about 1/3 c of soya margarine to the mix and it came together perfectly. I also added about a tablespoon of Dijon mustard for some extra flavour. Everyone enjoyed them very much. I will make this again but probably use half and half margarine from the start.

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Reviewed On: Nov. 18, 2009
Simple Whole Wheat Bread
This produced 4 medium (perfect size for us) loaves of bread. Nice texture and good flavor. I started off following this recipe to a tee but decided to use only one half cup of honey - I don't like a sweet loaf of bread. I found there was too much flour for the quantity of liquid. I had a very stiff dough to work with and still had another cup of WW flour to go - which I had to leave out. In my experience, it's better to incorporate all the whole wheat flour first: it's easier to incorporate white flour at the end than WW. However, next time I'll start of with at least one half cup more liquid. I didn't put the butter on the outside of the loaves either. We love the crisp crust of a freshly baked loaf and after storage, the crust softens anyway.

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Reviewed On: Nov. 10, 2009
Surf N Turf Dinner
The taste is Fantastic. Although next time I won't bother stuffing the steak with the cooked shrimp - I really didn't care to be putting the cooked shrimp inside a raw piece of meat. And for some reason it took longer to cook the steak with the shrimp inside. Next time I will double the sauce (it's SO tasty) with the shrimp; cook the steak and then assemble the dish with all the shrimp and sauce on top of the meat. I served this with rice. Great meal. I believe this will become a 5 star meal with my little change.

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Reviewed On: Nov. 5, 2009
 
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