I've always done roasted seeds with salt and decided to try a sweet version this year ... this recipe was pretty good, but not really what I expected. They were very well coated and crunchy - almost like a caramel corn, and if you ate them with your eyes shut, you'd be hard-pressed to know there was a pumpkin seed underneath. I think they would have been fine without the last one or two coatings. I did not have parchment paper and just used a lightly greased cookie sheet and it seemed to work out okay.

Reviewed On: Nov. 1, 2009

Easy recipe because I had all the ingredients on hand, but it didn't go over well with the family. It was okay - the rice and turkey part was pretty typical; as another review said, the cornflake & onion topping make the dish. However, I thought the sugary onions and cream cheese just ended up giving an odd flavor combo to the turkey and rice ... the sweetness seemed a little out of place.

Reviewed On: Jul. 8, 2009

We had high hopes for this cake and made it for a 4th of July-themed get together. It was easy enough to make, but we did not care for the taste or consistency. We used "berry blue" jello which smelled good and gave the cool red-white-blue combo we were going for, but in the final product it made the cake taste sort of medicinal. Also, the cherries seemed to give the cake a mushy texture. Just not a bit hit - unfortunately. Maybe we'll try again with cherry flavored jello and skip the canned fruit.

Reviewed On: Jul. 2, 2009