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runzwitsizrs
 
Home Town: Swisher, Iowa, USA
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Member Since: Nov. 2002
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Healthy, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Gardening, Walking, Music, Charity Work
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me in Jamaica
About this Cook
I work as a Respiratory Therapist in a large hospital. Married since 1985. Two kids who love to eat! Daughter is rather picky about calories (as any 20 yr old would be) and son eats everything! Hubby is a meat and tatoes kind of guy, but does enjoy 'mixin it up' now and then.
My favorite things to cook
I love to make Chicken Enchiladas, pasta dishes, salisburry steak from 1/2 lb. hamburger (and it feeds a family of 4!!)...all sorts of things. I also like making cookies
My favorite family cooking traditions
Carmels at Christmas...Pasta salad for Easter and picnics...
My cooking triumphs
Hmmm....
My cooking tragedies
OMG....When I first got married, I thought it would be so easy to make those hot dog things with the bread on the outside....I used a loaf of frozen bread dough for 6 hotdogs, and I laughed my arse off when they came out of the oven looking like the bread completely swallowed up the dogs! I took a picture of my family's reaction.....and it is, to this day, one of my most favorite pics of them.
Recipe Reviews 16 reviews
Broiled Tilapia Parmesan
I used Swai fish. The only changes that I made to the recipe was I added 3/4c. Panko crumbs to the mixture. I cooked the fish without flipping it. I broiled mine until completely done, and then, pressed the crumb mixture onto each fish, and returned it to the broiler. At this point, watch it very closely! It gets brown very quickly; less than 3 mins. Hubby and son liked it and said they would eat it again. I think next time, I will try the tilapia or even an orange roughy. Yummo!

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Reviewed On: Apr. 23, 2012
Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting
YUMMO! Perfect topping for Apple Banana Cupcakes from this site. This frosting is not overtly sweet, yet lends a nice smooth note to a moist comforting cake. I bet this frosting would be killer good on a carrot/spice cake. I would agree with others here about the use of the almond extract, especially for spice cake kinds of applications. Its totally personal preference. But it was perfect for my apple banana muffins. Thanks for a new favorite.

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Reviewed On: Apr. 20, 2012
Apple Banana Cupcakes
I did an ingredient search because I had a couple apples and a couple bananas that I had to use up. I came across this recipe and couldn't have been more pleased with my choice! The only thing I did differently was that I didn't make this into cupcakes. I greased a 9X13 pan and baked it for 30 mins at 350 deg. Once cooled, I topped it with a brown sugar/cream cheese frosting, also found on this site. I brought it to work tonite and had the best response. The cream cheese frosting was not obnoxiously sweet, and it let the moistness of the cake take the stage. I did not chop the apples, I grated mine, and would do so again. This recipe will be in my family recipe rotation from now on. Good stuff.

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Reviewed On: Apr. 20, 2012
 
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