CloudzBabe
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Home Town: Missoula, Montana, USA
Living In: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Member Since: Oct. 2005
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Italian, Southern, Mediterranean
 
Mar. 13, 2009 12:20 pm 
Updated: Mar. 13, 2009 4:56 pm
I love the history of old recipes.  You know the ones I'm talking about - tucked away in an old book, in a metal tin or written on the back cover of your favorite cookbook.  Stained with past cooking drips, dried and fragile paper - yellowed with time.  Ahhh.. a family's living… MORE
 
 
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About this Cook
I love to cook and entertain. The hardest part now is learning to cook for two. I've even recruited the dogs to help me try out new recipes. They do enjoy it when I cook and I usually make extra for "just a taste". AllRecipes is great, and for other wonderful recipes, try www.bbonline.com and click on "Recipes". Talk about making an impression! The best of Bed and Breakfasts around the world!
My favorite things to cook
I love to bake breads, rolls, pastries and the like. As a kid, my grandmother would make her famous light as a feather rolls and gorgeous pies. When you would ask her what her ingredients were - she'd say "a little of this and a little of that". Well, I've been on a mission to find her roll recipe - I'm coming close!
My favorite family cooking traditions
I come from 3 generations of fabulous cooks. My Grandmother was amazing. She lived to be 101 and baked all her pie crusts with lard - even rendered bear fat on occasion. (in Montana you use what you have). My mother was incredible - raised 4 kids on her own for several years and yet always managed to create extraordinary dishes on a shoestring budget. I think my fondest memories of her was in the kitchen, with me on a step stool helping her create a meatloaf masterpiece, or brushing rolls with butter. She always remembered to give me "credit" to anyone interested.
My cooking triumphs
Each night when my husband sits down to dinner he says, "This is so good. You should open a shop!" I cook to please - it's the best way I can think of to give back to those who fill my life with such joy.
My cooking tragedies
I baked some doggie biscuits at home that used cod liver oil, liver and a whole host of "yummy" ingredients - if you're a dog that is. Well, my house smelled like liver for three days and I couldn't get the smell out! The cats and the dogs lived in my kitchen though - they were loving it!
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Strawberry Shortcake
Quite nice. We made ours with a combination raspberries and blackberries. Don't ya just love summer fruits?? Yummo! Can't wait for peach season!

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Reviewed On: Jun. 1, 2009
Red Velvet Cupcakes
Making these again for the Superbowl.. we're Cardinals fans.. so I thought a red dessert would be fun! Only change I'll make is to use a touch less chocolate.. maybe a couple tablespoons. This is not a chocolate cake and the chocolate should enhance the flavor, not be noticeable. Thanks for the great recipe - GO CARDS!!!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 30, 2009
Sloppy Joe Sandwiches
These were so good. Like the other Manwich addicts that posted, I'll never buy the canned stuff again. I doubled this recipe and I had only 3/4 cup of ketchup left, so I topped the remainder of the required cup with Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce. This meant that I could have cut back on the Brown Sugar and I should have done so by half. My fault on the slightly sweet. I did sautee some green onions and green pepper before adding my beef.. I think the flavor was enhanced nicely. I also added a TBS of vinegar and let the mix simmer for about 1 hour. I kept thinking this would be great in a crock pot simmering all afternoon. Why do Sloppy Joes always remind me of Halloween? :) These were just delicious.. thanks for sharing such a simple pleasure!

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Reviewed On: Jan. 14, 2009
 
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