Paige
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Member Since: May 2004
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Dessert, Kids, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Walking, Photography, Reading Books, Music
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About this Cook
I am a high school teacher, married, with two very active little boys.
My favorite things to cook
Bread! Baking bread is almost a magical process for me. Pair it with some homemade butter, and I'm in heaven.
My cooking triumphs
Discovering the perfect bread recipe. It's from a 1960's cookbook put out by Fleischman's yeast. Their sponge method bread is THE BOMB! Funny, though, I can't find it in their modern day site. Only in that cookbook. It truly is the best recipe.
My cooking tragedies
Gee, where do I start? I have two boys who are vegetable-phobic and general picky eaters, and my husband is also a fairly picky eater. I'm slowly building up a recipe library of food that my family will ALL eat! Trial and error, of course. I think the worst recipe was a chicken spaghetti recipe that made A TON of food . . . and no one in my family really liked it. I felt too guilty to throw out the leftovers, so I spent the next week eating it for meals. I actually didn't think it was that bad; it just didn't suit my family's taste.
Recipe Reviews 12 reviews
Cheese Crispies
Hmmm . . . I had high hopes for this recipe; the photo made these things look like the perfect snack. I followed the recipe exactly, but they are just lacking in something. I think they might be better by adding some ranch dressing mix or something to give it a little flavor; cayenne pepper alone wouldn't be enough to fill that "missing link," in my opinion. I think this would make a good base recipe to play with, though. I made mine on a baking stone so they did not turn out greasy at all.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Dec. 9, 2009
Fluffy Pancakes
Made these for breakfast this morning and they got rave reviews all around. I did have to thin the mix just a tad before making them, and I also had to cook them just under medium heat, otherwise they would get burnt on the outside and runny on the inside. Once I turned down the heat, though, they came out beautifully! The original recipe says it yields 8, but I only got 8 servings after doubling the recipe. Looking forward to freezing a batch of these for hectic school mornings.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Dec. 9, 2009
Cayenne Pretzels
What a great way to spice up pretzels! I always add more cayenne pepper than necessary since my husband is a heat freak. Next time I am going to try making them with unsalted pretzels, because the combination of the ranch seasoning and the pretzels makes these almost unbearably salty unless you're eating them with dip. These pretzels go great with ranch dip or mustard dip.

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Reviewed On: Dec. 5, 2009
 
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