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Member Since: Feb. 2006
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Healthy, Kids, Quick & Easy
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About this Cook
I'm a happily married mom of four kids - three boys, one girl. I collect recipes and cookbooks like some people collect carnival glass!
My favorite things to cook
Anything that goes over well with my family that doesn't take hours to prepare. Seriously. I love good food, and healthy food, but with four kids, time is a prized possession.
My favorite family cooking traditions
There's the pumpkin chiffon pie recipe from my mother that we make every holiday, as well as the inability to cook any recipe exactly as written.
My cooking triumphs
Creating a recipe from scratch and having it be a hit (the one that comes to mind is beef stew).
My cooking tragedies
Oh, man. The two that come to mind are early in my marriage - within the first 6 months or so - the garlic chicken (WAY too much garlic) and then there was the cinnamon chicken. Neither dh nor I could touch that latter one, lol!
Recipe Reviews 58 reviews
Banana Split Bread
Even better the second day. I do have to confess to using milk chocolate chips (prefer them) and we added 1/2 cup chopped maraschino cherries (to make it more "banana split" like). I actually wasn't too enamored with it the first day but this morning the flavors were fabulous! Will make again.

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Reviewed On: Nov. 14, 2009
Fast and Friendly Meatballs
Very good! I made these using a 20 oz. pkg. of Italian seasoned ground turkey (didn't have any plain on hand). Want to try using plain ground turkey too. Very good gently simmered in spaghetti sauce after baking. These hold together beautifully!! This will definitely go into our regular meal rotation.

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Reviewed On: Oct. 28, 2009
Candied Acorn Squash
YUM! I only had a small acorn squash, so I made half the butter/brown sugar mixture (I personally would use the full amount with a larger squash - seems more like a "treat" dish to me and I have to admit to enjoying the "yummies" in the middle!) and cut the cooking time accordingly. Very good - my 8yo (my adventurous eater) enjoyed the other half with me. Will definitely make it again. Sprinkled with cinnamon before cooking as well. It was fun to eat right out of the skin with the rest of our meal.

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Reviewed On: Oct. 25, 2009
 
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