Keni Recipe Reviews (Pg. 1) - Allrecipes.com (18556784)

Swedish Vegetable Salad with Shrimp

Reviewed: Jul. 24, 2011

A very different variety of ingredients than we are used to... but, it worked! I didn't use the asparagus, and I used fresh dill, but those are the only differences. Thanks for adding this on my thread, when I asked for summer side dishes/salads. :)

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Bellepepper's Orzo and Wild Rice Salad

Reviewed: Jul. 22, 2011

Delicious salad. I made this for lunch and it was finished off with sandwiches for dinner. :) I did use raisins instead of currants, because I hadn't replaced my currants, yet, and I used cashews and pecans rather than almonds, because we aren't really almond fans. Thanks for a great summer recipe, Belle!

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Macaroni, Pineapple & Ham Salad

Reviewed: Jul. 20, 2011

Very good and crisp summer lunch salad. :) The changes I made were minor... my own cherry tomatoes, quartered, fresh pineapple I chopped the heck out of and my own Italian style dressing. Oh, and penne instead of macaroni cus I don't have macaroni on hand. Thanks for suggesting this, Jodi! :)

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Olive Bar Marinated Veggie Salad

Reviewed: Jul. 18, 2011

Cut this recipe in half and made it for lunch, today... I ate half of it, myself. :) My changes were minimal: I used my own dressing, left out the beans, and used cubed fresh mozzarella rather than the small marinated balls, because that's what I had, and my own ripe tomatoes instead of romas. :) Great, fresh tangy recipe, thanks Saveur!

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Rosemary Garlic Mashed Potatoes with Manchego Cheese

Reviewed: Jul. 12, 2011

Yum! :) Okay... I steamed as directed, and used baby reds, purples and yellows. I opted not to peel. For me, the rosemary in these was perfect because it wasn't over powering. I always cook with whole sprigs of that herb, then remove them because biting into a bit of rosemary can ruin a dish for us. The manchego cheese was wonderful. Thanks, Christine.

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Nutty Spinach Salad

Reviewed: Jul. 12, 2011

Made this for lunch, today, and it was really good. Light but filling. I don't use ketchup, really, so I did sub a lil tomato sauce and with the spices and flavoring, it was good. I also subbed salt and pepper cashews for the peanuts, per Carousel Lady's okay. :)

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K-Dub's Chopped Salad

Reviewed: Jun. 28, 2011

Nice lunch salad... lots of protein without adding egg. I forgot the cheese until after I took the pic, but I did add cojack to it before I ate it! :) And, I added a touch more Dijon, cus I love it. Thanks for the great recipe, KDub...

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Amazing 'Pizza' Pork Chops

Reviewed: Jun. 6, 2011

Easy and delicious...as you can see from my photo, I made sandwiches out of them on whole wheat buns. I did use dried Mexican oregano, cus that's really the only kind we like... but, the basil was fresh from the garden. Thanks CNM!

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Summer Strawberry Buckle

Reviewed: May 28, 2011

Delicious! :) I didn't use cake flour and subbed buttermilk and it did fine, other than I had to bake mine longer... and I swapped the cinnamon and nutmeg amounts for personal taste. Served it just barely warm with vanilla ice cream. :) Thank you, Cyndi!

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Tuna Macaroni Salad

Reviewed: May 13, 2011

Very basic, easy, tasty salad. This is like tuna salad with pasta, or a cold tuna casserole...either way, it's a nice recipe. I don't buy sweet relish, for personal taste, so I used dill relish, instead. I also added a couple eggs and colby/jack cheese rather than cheddar. Nothing to complain about, here. It delivers as expected. :)

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Fresh as a Daisy Spring Salad

Reviewed: Apr. 20, 2011

Nice fresh, bright salad. The dressing was nice, but, honestly, I liked it better before the sour cream. It was beautiful and just crisp and light. I didn't think the sour cream added much to it. I used a very high quality olive oil for this, and I think that is a key. Daisies, around here, get gobbled up before they leave the yard, so the lil yellow and white ones were out..but, I still added some live, big, colored blossoms for the character. I also used cherry tomatoes, out of preference.

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Not Your Mama's Tuna Casserole

Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2011

I used fresh spinach and my own recipe for cream of mushroom soup, for taste preferences. I doubled the recipe and used 14oz of fresh baby spinach and 4 6oz cans of tuna. I also used the full dozen eggs and it wasn't too eggy for us, and we don't even like egg salad. :) This was gobbled up by 6 people with none left over. I did add some fresh ground pepper and a lil salt.

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Lepp's Marathon of Love

Reviewed: Mar. 23, 2011

The great thing about this recipe is, there is always room to add, but try not to leave anything out! It's sometimes tricky to get JUST right, but, when you do, you will always remember it and you will make it again, and again!

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My Fresh Cranberries with Orange, Lemon, and Rum

Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2010

This was fantastic. :) I asked for a recommendation for a personal recipe in the Recipe Buzz, and this was one of the few that came up. I picked this one specifically cus of the addition of rum. I followed the recipe exactly other than using half the sugar, and adding 1T of honey. I also chose to not process about 1/4 of the sauce, leaving a fair number of intact berries, for a great texture. Thank you, Saveur, for the recipe!

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Apple Streusel Crumb Pie

Reviewed: Sep. 26, 2010

Pie crust is my nemesis. I don't like it, it doesn't like me, so we generally avoid one another....BUT, a request was made for an apple pie. The good news was, the request SPECIFICALLY asked for a "crumby topped" apple pie.(phew, that meant only 1 crust!;) So, I agreed and went a'searching and lookie what I found! The PERFECT answer to the request. Strudel, this was so easy and so delicious. I have nothing to change about the recipe other than letting someone else make my crusts. Oh, and I did slice my apples. Thank you so much for sharing it. :)

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough + Cupcake = The BEST Cupcake. Ever.

Reviewed: Jun. 5, 2010

This is a rarity for me, as I'm rating something a 5 even tough I didn't follow this exact recipe. I did, however, follow what the submitter has said she has done, and used cookie dough I froze from Felix's recipe. :) Other than that, and using slightly less cookie dough per cupcake and butter instead of oil in the cake(preference, only, and per box directions :) , I made them as written. I froze the dough as directed, baked them as directed, and had no problems with dryness. I frosted some with a semi sweet chocolate frosting, and some with a cooked caramel one from another site, and I topped them with mini chips. This made some of the cupcakes look a lot like chocolate chip cookies. :) Anyway, I made several dozen of these, for my nephews' summer party, tomorrow, and I know they will be well received! Great concept, LTH! :)

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Mediterranean Chicken and Orzo Salad In Red Pepper Cups

Reviewed: May 28, 2010

Made this for the Recipe Swap, flower girl, and it was great. :) I used kalamata olives and my own cherry tomatoes, quartered, cus that's what I had, and a grilled chicken breast left over from the night before.(had been basted while grilling with lime/butter), and I used fresh herbs. :) Made a gorgeous presentation in the peppers, too. Added my photo til you take one of your own! :)

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Clone of a Pretzel Dip

Reviewed: May 22, 2010

This is just as it should be. I didn't change anything. We ate it with sourdough pretzel nuggets. The kids enjoyed it a lot! Thank you, shorecook.

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Artichoke Stuffed Mushrooms

Reviewed: May 6, 2010

These were fantastic. I sauteed the onion and stems in a steak butter I had prepared a few days before, for another use, and before I stuffed the mushrooms, I rolled them in that same butter. I don't use pre-shredded cheese, so I used mozzarella, Asiago, Romano and Parmesan. I also rinsed the artichokes cus, though I love them fresh, they're a lil salty and strong for me, otherwise, but that's personal taste. :) Other than that, I didn't change anything and they WILL be added to our appetizer nights/weekends/whenevers! :) Thanks, Anita.

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Root Beer Pork Chops

Reviewed: Apr. 27, 2010

After talking to Ken about my experience with this recipe, I decided on reviewing it two ways. First of all, as written, while still producing a tender finished dish, I give it a 4, for the fact that, even beyond "personal taste", I think this would be a bit bland, but with SO much potential. That said, it turns into an easy 5 star with Ken's changes, which he states in his review. So, I added more chipotle hot sauce, a fair bit of black pepper, more Worcestershire sauce, and I did marinate the chops in all of those ingredients, not just the root beer. Followed the rest of the recipe as stated. We used Barq's root beer because we much prefer the "bite" to it, as opposed to a sweeter one. I would do it all the same next time, other than omitting the brown sugar, but, again, that's only a personal taste in not liking things as sweet as some, do. That does NOT lower my rating. :) Thank you, Ken, for the addition and the clarifying review. :)

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