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Bito
 
Living In: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Member Since: Jun. 2006
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Frying, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Italian, Southern
Hobbies: Hiking/Camping, Walking, Photography, Music, Painting/Drawing, Wine Tasting
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About this Cook
I'm a 24-year-old graphic designer in the greater Cleveland area.
My favorite things to cook
Chicken! I love leaving chicken in a marinade for a day or two and cooking it up all juicy tender flavorful. SO good!
My cooking triumphs
Being a poor recent college grad, I once spent two weeks using only what I had in my pantry to make really good meals. I had to get really creative with spices and sides... I made Italian wedding soup, homemade pizza, some kind of lime and cilantro rice/bean thing, and lots more.
My cooking tragedies
Snickerdoodles... I was probably 16 at the time, making snickerdoodles for the first time. Somewhere in the middle of making them the page got turned and I didn't notice... somehow omitted the sugar and they came out completely inedible. We put all sorts of stuff on them to try to sweeten them up - honey, powdered sugar, icing - but they were really disgusting.
Recipe Reviews 45 reviews
Glazed Meatloaf I
WOW really good! I followed others advice, used 3/4 cup bread crumbs rather than slices, onion rather than onion powder, a dash of hot sauce in the glaze, and I didn't have any mustard on hand but it didn't matter, SO GOOD! Really, I never liked meatloaf as a kid. This was great, my fiancee and I will definitely make this again. :D

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 20, 2009
Chicken and Dumplings III
I thought this recipe was a great starter, but really boring as is. Excellent idea with the biscuit dough! Came out amazing! I used one can of cream of chicken and one can cream of mushroom, wound up adding lots of veggies and some extra spices to this to pump up the flavor and make it more interesting.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Sep. 23, 2009
Artichoke Spinach Lasagna
As is stands it wouldve been a 4, but I made some modifications to this recipe which in my taste brings it to 5 stars: Not a big thyme fan, so used fresh basil. I know this is more a veggie lasagna, but ya need cheese! I added a layer of cheese mix (10 oz ricotta, 1 egg, some salt, pepper, parsley, oregano and basil w/ the mozzarella) where the mozz was, I didn't pre-cook the noodles so they would soak up the soupiness that other reviewers mentioned. I also layered differently: noodles, cheese mix, sauce mix. (putting a thin coat of plain sauce under the first noodles, so they won't stick!) My fiancee and friends really liked this! Very good!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Sep. 23, 2009
 
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