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heidird
 
Home Town: Waterford, Connecticut, USA
Member Since: Apr. 2006
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Healthy, Dessert, Kids, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Scrapbooking, Hiking/Camping, Walking
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Shrimp kisses
Christmas Sugar Cookies
Raspberry Pie II
About this Cook
I've been married for almost 6 years. We have a 2 1/2 year old adorable little girl and a precious 7 month old little boy. I'm a registered dietitian and freelance nutrition writer. I have loved everything about food since I can remember--cooking it, baking it, eating it, buying it, giving it, reading about it, etc.
My favorite things to cook
Mostly desserts---love to bake cakes and cookies, cupcakes and more. Like to cook too, just not as much, but like it alot better when the recipe turns out yummy as so many from this site do!
My favorite family cooking traditions
As a little girl I would bake with my grandmother. I think that's what started my interest. Then as I got older traditions with my mom like baking all kinds of different cookies and bars at Christmas and making homemade spaghetti sauce every Sunday.
My cooking triumphs
Mostly have been my "firsts". Feel very accomplished after my first loaf of bread or first layer cake with scratch frosting, first pie from scratch. Etc.
My cooking tragedies
No major tragedies just forgetting ingredients a couple of times---tends to be eggs for some reason. A pumpkin pie without eggs that was pumpkin "soup" and my grandfather ate anyway and a cake without eggs that just crumbled into a million pieces.
Recipe Reviews 105 reviews
Roasted Green Beans with Almond Brittle
I LOVED the flavor combination of the beans and the salty sweet almonds, but I seemed to have too much area that was brittle but no nuts and that was too hard to eat with the beans. Want to figure out a way to get that same flavor and the crunch of the nuts without the hardness of the brittle

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Nov. 1, 2009
Pumpkin Crisp
Delicious! Just what I was looking for. Even those who don't like pumpkin liked it! Did use 1/2 cup sugar in topping and cut in cold butter, not soft. may try a little less butter in bottom next time??

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 11, 2009
Rhubarb Strawberry Jam
Incredibly easy and surprisingly good. only had 3 cups of rhubarb so used 1 1/2 cups sugar and 1/2 pkg jello. Made 2 8-oz jelly jars.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Aug. 26, 2009
 
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