Member Since:
May 2006
Cooking Level:
Intermediate
Cooking Interests:
Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Healthy, Dessert, Kids, Quick & Easy
Hobbies:
Sewing, Hiking/Camping, Camping, Biking, Fishing, Hunting, Photography, Charity Work
Born again, AWANA teacher/wife/mom. Two boys, 21 and 10. Very part-time student mostly, Administrative Assistant @ Boise State Univ. Plan to finish my LPN license eventually. Husband a carpenter for a small construction co. Hoping to see him semi-retire, go to school @ BSU.
My favorite things to cook
Idaho game, fish & wild fruit preserves;huckleberries & blackberries, bake bread, make cookies & pack lunches a lot. Portable components of holiday meals. Camping meals, pot luck dishes.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Smoked turkey, steak-on-a-stick, no-flour peanutbutter cookies. Gramma Jean's fruit salad. Mayo-basted baked salmon, soy/garlic almonds, Shane's amazing naked barbecued chicken thighs, pineapple-baked beans, Angel biscuits. sourdough pancakes. Clam stuffed mushrooms, green cornbread & elk chili. Guacamole & slow cooker roasted chicken.
My cooking triumphs
I recently tinkered around with a couple of recipes that came out well. Check them out on my recipe box. I've finally begun to be able to smoke pork ribs well.
My cooking tragedies
Bread that won't rise. burned peas, over-brined pork loin. ricekrispy treats that never set up (ate them anyway, messy but wicked-good) making chocolate truffles with a five-year old helper (messy but wicked-good.)