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TRAVLEE
 
Home Town: Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Living In: Youngsville, Louisiana, USA
Member Since: Jan. 2003
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Frying, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Mediterranean, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Photography, Reading Books, Music
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  • Tzatziki
  • Tzatziki  
    By: Teina P
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  • This recipe has been rated 81 times with an average star rating of 4.5
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Travlee and family
About this Cook
I am a 38 year old working mother. I am married to a wonderful man and we have two terrific kids: an 8 year old daughter and a 6 year old son. I work as the Assistant Administrator at our local economic development office. In my free time I enjoy scrapbooking; I am also an avid reader, internet/computer geek, movie watcher, amateur photographer and news/ political addict!
My favorite things to cook
I really enjoy cooking the cajun food I grew up on! There is nothing better than AUTHENTIC cajun cooking! I also like experimenting with different recipes especially ones that are quick and easy to make during the week. On the weekends I prefer trying recipes that are a bit more challenging. I like cooking all different types of ethnic food.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Making the delicious cajun foods that are staples down here. Gumbo, sauce piquant, crawfish ettoufee, boiled crawfish, jambalaya, crab stew etc. These are not healthy dishes but they are SO good!
My cooking triumphs
I finally found a crawfish ettoufee recipe that wins raves from my family! I am also a great dessert maker.
My cooking tragedies
I managed to completely screw up a tuna casserole! After the casserole was halfway thru baking I realized I had forgotten to put in....THE TUNA! My family has never let me live that one down.
Recipe Reviews 85 reviews
Baked Soy Lemon Chops
As suggested by others, I replaced half the soy sauce called for with water. Glad I did so because otherwise it would have been way too salty (and I am a saltaholic!). Next time I will add in a little more lemon juice because I felt like that got lost in the other flavors. I used bone-in center cut pork chops and marinated them about 4 hours and then baked the chops in the marinade for 40 minutes. The chops came out tender and flavorful. Will make this again.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 22, 2012
Southwestern Pasta Salad
This pasta salad is different and delicious! I made the salad pretty much as written. However I did use Chipotle Chili Powder instead of regular Chilil Powder and I scaled back the amount to 1 teaspoon since I didn't want it to be too spicy for the kids. Will probably add a bit more next time. Added in a little extra cumin and garlic also. Served it up with some grilled Mahi Mahi. Next time I will add in a bit more lime juice than called for and will also throw in some black olives. This pasta salad is easy to make and a deliciously different change from the usual pasta salad.

3 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Apr. 1, 2011
Orzo with Parmesan and Basil
Easy and very tasty! Only change was to add a little bit of Tony Chachere's seasoning right before I added in the cheese and basil. Next time I will probably only put in 3/4 cup of cheese and I do like the suggestion of adding in some sauteed mushrooms and baby spinach.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Mar. 22, 2011
 
 
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