*eclectRicity*
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Living In: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Member Since: Nov. 2005
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Indian, Italian, Mediterranean, Healthy, Vegetarian, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Walking, Reading Books, Music
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Sep. 17, 2009 4:39 pm 
Updated: Oct. 10, 2009 8:11 am
In our lunchroom at work, the table closest to the door has been unofficially designated “the help yourself table”.  If a department orders pizza or brings in bagels and there are leftovers, they usually end up on the table with a note that says, “help yourself”.  It’s held… MORE
 
 
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About this Cook
I'm a single mom of a terrific teenaged son, and I'm a total foodaholic. I love to think of foods that might taste good together, and then give it a whirl. I'll admit, I've had to eat one or two pretty scary mistakes, but for the most part, I do all right. Growing up in the Sixties, we (my Mom, sister, and I) lived with my Grandma, and it was from her I learned to love the kitchen. So many delicious meals were cooked up, served up, and eaten up in that little room, and some of my fondest memories are of her letting me help.
My favorite things to cook
Pretty much anything I CAN cook; I want to try everything! But I want someone else to clean up after me, lol.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Something Grandma did about once a week was 'Breakfast for Dinner'. Pancakes, scrambled eggs, waffles, fried eggs, potato pancakes, omelettes... each of these made appearances at the supper table.
My cooking triumphs
A strawberry apple pie I made for an Easter gathering ....... I make a mean deviled egg; it doesn't matter how many I bring, they're the first dish to disappear at a party ....... Any time someone asks for one of my recipes ....... Any time one of my creations receives a "Mom, you gotta make that again!" from my teenaged son ....... I made baklava once, to impress a guy I worked with; it was delicious.
My cooking tragedies
One of the first dishes I made as a kid in the '60's was mashed potatoes. They were actually whipped potatoes, because Grandma had recently gotten a brand new hand mixer (ooooooh!). By the time I was done with those potatoes the consistency was somewhere between silicone caulk and cement. My sister made a snowman out of hers at the dinner table, and that danged thing taunted me from a curio shelf for the next fifteen years! ....... I made baklava once, to impress a guy I worked with; I guess the way to his heart wasn't through his stomach ....... And sometimes I burn things...
Recipe Reviews 15 reviews
Hogs and Kisses
A few additional notes on this recipe, which I submitted: Make sure the bacon is cooked until crisp; tugging on a piece of chewy, chocolate covered bacon is messy and not very appetizing! Also, the melted chocolate is sometimes a little on the thick side. If that happens to you, just use your fork to paint the chocolate onto the bacon. I hope you enjoy it!

6 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 23, 2009
Green Chili Tomato Soup
I was getting ready to submit this and did an ingredient search to see if someone had beaten me to it (Darn you, Chris! LOL). Well, great minds think alike! I'm giving this version 4 stars because the milk makes it a bit too thin for my taste; I prefer a heartier offering. But otherwise, this is an easy and terrific pick-me-up for plain old tomato soup! My version uses the same amount of everything, minus the milk, and I use the shredded 4 cheese Mexican Blend mixed right in to the soup before heating in the microwave.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 21, 2009
Mock Apple Pie III
I remember seeing this recipe on the backs of Ritz Cracker boxes when I was a kid, the only difference being the use of lemon juice and zest instead of vinegar. I always wanted to try it, but never got around to it. Well, I'm 52 now, and finally made it for the first time this weekend. And you know what? I actually liked it! I did make a change, but took that into consideration when rating it. Thirty-six crackers just didn't seem like enough in the premade deepdish piecrust I used, so I added a third more, a total of forty-eight crackers. This resulted in a pretty firm pie, reminiscent of a chess pie, and I realized that thirty-six crackers would have been just the right amount for a juicy pie, so the 5-star rating is for the original recipe. But, my son said he liked it the way I made it, and that I should make it again just the same way, so it also gets five stars for being versatile enough to handle the changes. And the flavor is apple-y enough to make you do a double take. I'd make this again, even if my son didn't insist on it!

3 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Aug. 31, 2009
 
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