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Susan Stone
 
Home Town: Cranford, New Jersey, USA
Living In: El Paso, Texas, USA
Member Since: Dec. 2002
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Indian, Middle Eastern, Healthy, Gourmet
Hobbies: Knitting, Sewing, Photography, Music, Wine Tasting
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Susan & Buttercup
About this Cook
Moved to El Paso when I got married a couple of years ago. Am really enjoying the desert and the people here. I enjoy sharing cooking duties with my husband.
My favorite things to cook
Right now it's mostly Mexican food, but I also love Southeast Asian and Greek food.
My cooking triumphs
Inventing a recipe for white clam sauce for linguine.
My cooking tragedies
A wonderful Thai green curry chicken that my husband doesn't like at all.
Recipe Reviews 73 reviews
Turkey and Quinoa Meatloaf
This is a great recipe, easily adapted for the food plan I'm on. Actually, the only real changes I made were to cut the salt in half and substitute no-sodium catsup for the tomato paste. The only thing I would do differently next time would be to cut the Tabasco down to 2 tsp. This was so tasty that my husband didn't realize it was turkey until I told him, and even though he's a great salt lover, didn't even notice that any was missing. I would highly recommend this recipe to any meatloaf lover. This is the first time I've tried turkey meatloaf and the recipe is a definite keeper!!!!!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 16, 2011
Indian Curried Barley Pilaf
I like the flavor of this, and it is a nice change from the usual fast carbs. I did have to change it for my food plan. I used 1t smart balance and cooking spray instead of 1/4c butter. Cut the almonds amount in half. Also did not have curry powder so I substituted a mix of coriander, cumin and Chinese 5 spice. The combo actually worked quite well. The flavor is probably is much richer with butter, but since I'll never know for sure I will continue to enjoy as I made it. Thanks for a nice recipe.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 13, 2011
Golden Sweet Cornbread
I'm giving this 5 stars because it has wonderful flavor and texture, and although my first attempt did not come out perfectly, it was because of what I did to it. First off, I used agave nectar (¼ c) instead of sugar; also used sifted bread flour instead of regular white flour (both because of dietary restrictions). In addition I cut the baking powder to 2t per some reviews. The only problem I had was that it didn't rise as tall as I would have expected, and that may have been because of the bread flour. Anyway, this recipe is a definite keeper! I will be making this again, using the full amount of baking powder. I have made this again, this time substituting ½ cup honey mesquite flour for ¼ cup of the cornmeal and ¼ cup of the flour. That makes a great recipe even better. The mesquite adds sweetness to the cornbread so ? cup of sugar was plenty. If you want mesquite flour you can find it online - it's a bit expensive, but worth it (I cheat - we have 2 honey mesquite trees and I make my own flour).

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Sep. 20, 2011
 
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