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DebiMcG
 
Home Town: Akron, Ohio, USA
Living In: Vancouver, Washington, USA
Member Since: Feb. 2003
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Asian, Italian, Southern
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About this Cook
Married 29 years to a wonderful man who is an even better cook than I am. He is also a home coffee roaster and owns Nor'west Coffee Roasters and Paradise Cafe. If you love coffee, you can order various whole bean coffees from www.norwestcoffee.com. He's also an avid griller and loves his Traeger. We fly kites for a hobby and like to vacation in Hawaii.
My favorite things to cook
I love pasta. One of my best recipes is a Spicy Chicken Alfredo. But I do a pretty good spagetti too. Whenever we have a potluck at work I have to bring my Veggie Bars.
My cooking tragedies
A tuna casserole I made early in my marriage. I got is from a quick easy cookbook and it was awful. Needless to say, I've greatly improved my tuna casserole since that time.
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Pesto Chicken Florentine
This has quickly become a staple receipe in our house. I do replace the packaged sauce with Classico Alfredo and use 3 Tablespoons of pesto and double the spinach. Last time I made it, I added fresh sliced mushrooms and instead of chicken, I made it with shrimp, which I had sprinkled with some Essence (Emeril Lagasse recipe, but without the salt). I added the shrimp after the spinach had wilted some, cooked it a couple minutes then added the sauce and pesto. Shrimp works great. I serve it with a french rolls and salad. It's on our regular menu from now on.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Aug. 23, 2009
Shrimp and Feta Cheese Pasta
This was exactly what I was looking for. The only things I changed was to use 1/2 cup white wine as suggested in previous reviews AND I used a Lemon, Garlic and Oregano Feta cheese that I happened to have on hand, which really added to the flavor. Also, since there's only 2 of us, I cut the amount of pasta in half and it was the perfect amount for the recipe. My husband loved it and I will definitely make it again. Want to try different flavors of feta.

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Reviewed On: Feb. 16, 2009
Adrienne's Cucumber Salad
MAKE IT 0 POINTS: I've made this recipe for years, but with a couple adjustments. I use equal amounts of vinegar (I use cider vinegar), water and Splenda, instead of sugar because I follow Weight Watchers. This makes it 0 points. I don't salt it either. The liquid can be used for another batch, but it won't be quite as strong. This is great with garden fresh cucumbers and the Walla Walla sweet onions we get in the Pacific NW, but any good sweet onion will work.

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jun. 22, 2008
 
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