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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.46 star rating.

Orzo with Kale

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2009
Great healthy side dish. I used low sodium chicken broth in place of the water. Next time I will probably add more garlic.
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Higashi-Omi, Shiga, Japan

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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.08 star rating.
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Chicken and Peppers with Balsamic Vinegar

Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2009
A very solid 4 star. This was just a visual delight, both in prep and finished product. It was easy enough, and the instructions were very clear. While the dish simmers for the last 20 minutes, there's time to throw together a salad, prepare beverages, and dish out your choice of base for the chicken and peppers; we used rice, but I can see this being good over noodles, or as others have said in a tortilla or pita. Thanks for sharing!
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.61 star rating.

Best Big, Fat, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie

Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2009
AWESOME COOKIE!!!! I followed this recipe exactly as given and the result was the best chocolate chip cookie to come out of my oven! I even made one giant cookie using almost 1 cup of dough and smahed it down on the pan a bit. It ended up being bigger than my face perfectly baked. I don't think I'll ever use another recipe. Thanks!
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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan
Living In: Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
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Spicy Pumpkin and Sweet Potato Soup

Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2009
Had we not been eating grilled "pumpkin" (kabocha here in Japan) rind and all for years, I might have been wary of this recipe. BUT you CAN eat the rind, folks! Simon's spice blend was just so tasty. I used a smallish kabocha, eight inch diameter, and one can of sweet potatoes, drained. I had about two and a half cups of chicken stock in the freezer which had half a large carrot cooked in, so used that and added cans of broth until I got the thickness desired (using a hand held blender and puree'ing directly in the cookpot). The flavor was really good. I serve with toasted wedges of pita bread, which seems a good match, as the soup is quite thick, even having "thinned" it, so wedges can be dipped to good advantage. Even with the smallish kabocha and using only 1 tin of potatoes, I had lots and lots of soup, and now besides the quart in my freezer, there's another meal's worth in the fridge. Good return on time invested. Thanks, Simon.
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.68 star rating.

Sweet Potato Pie II

Reviewed: Nov. 12, 2009
The recipe turned out great.....tasting better than my pumpkin pie recipe. I did modify the recipe just a bit....incorporating the eggs all at once instead of beting the egg whites separate (serious time saver) and using sweetened condensed milk instead of the evaporated milk AND sugar. I doubled the recipe tto make two pies and they both came out perfectly fine. I would recommend baking tthe sweet potatoes in the oven for two hours and using a food processor to make the potatoes smooth for a better texture. This recipe even allows for a slight mishap of forgetting to turn the oven temperature down. THANKS FOR THE GREAT RECIPE!!!!
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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Killeen, Texas, USA
Living In: Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan

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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.08 star rating.

Chicken and Peppers with Balsamic Vinegar

Reviewed: Nov. 12, 2009
This is delicious! I marinated the chicken in balsamic vinegarette all day. It has such a nice flavor. My husband and I had just had rice the day before so I served it with couscous instead. Great dish!
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Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Kadena Ab, Okinawa, Japan

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.44 star rating.
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Pineapple Sirloin Skewers

Reviewed: Nov. 10, 2009
Used Worcestershire sauce instead of soy sauce, and added a splash of balsamic vinegar and fresh ginger to the marinade. Skewered the beef the next day along with red pepper, red onion, mushrooms (and yes, pineapple). This one got a sixth star from DH, but there seems to be no where to place it. Oh, well, slide on the tip of that last skewer!
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.51 star rating.

Party Pinwheels

Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2009
I loved these! So did everyone else at my sister's baby shower. I used Mission tortilla wraps in cheddar jalapeno and since it came with 6, I was able to make 6 and not only 4 as this recipe calls for. I used half of the ranch mix, omitted the celery, mixed the all the veggies into the sour cream, spread the mix on the tortillas, sprinkled cheese and topped with pastrami slices. Came out perfect...yum!
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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan
Living In: Dallas, Texas, USA
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.75 star rating.
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Hot Date with a Chicken

Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2009
This one is company special. I could not manage to pound my chicken to 1/4 inch (and I was beginning to think the neighbors might be wondering WHAT was going on over here), so I slit the pieces and stuffed the slit meat, pinning with toothpicks and proceeding as instructions indicated. Had to substitute craisins for the apricots this time, but this worked well with the apple flavor. (Oooh, wonder what dried mangoes might be like!) Also, we are not the brave souls we once were, so reduced the cayenne by half with no ill effect. Truly beautiful, fairly simple (if you work around the 1/4 inch thing), and very, very tasty. Thank you for posting, Jack.
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.59 star rating.

Seafood Fettuccine

Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2009
I made this last night. I didn't have scallops so I used only shrimp. It was very good. I added a little bit of cayenne pepper to give it a kick. Thanks for this good and easy recipe!!!!!
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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Living In: Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA

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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.76 star rating.
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Big Soft Ginger Cookies

Reviewed: Nov. 5, 2009
I used 1 stick of baking margarine, 3/4 cup of sugar and I omitted the water. They were really good! I also mixed the white sugar with some flour before I rolled the dough in it. Will make these again :)
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia
Living In: Okayama, Okayama, Japan

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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.51 star rating.
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Burger or Hot Dog Buns

Reviewed: Nov. 3, 2009
The dough was great to work with, and the house smelled like I had walked into a actual bread factory! They needed more than 30 minutes to rise. I just let them have most of an afternoon for that, and popped them in the oven as dinner time approached. DH liked them better than another recipe I had been using, but I may try one or two more. If this one beats all others, I'll come back and add another star. Thanks for posting.
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.44 star rating.

Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff I

Reviewed: Oct. 31, 2009
Super easy way to make Stroganoff. I added one packet of Lipton onion soup mix and sauteed the onions with some sliced mushrooms and added them to the slow cooker 30 minutes before serving. Yum!
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Higashi-Omi, Shiga, Japan

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.12 star rating.

Chocolate Teddy Bear Cookies

Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2009
This one is time consuming, alright, and the taste is good but not fantastic. They look so very cute, though. So what I have done to make them carry their weight in trouble is use one or two bears as the top cookies in gift cookie tins or bags containing decorated sugar cookies or some other less designer intensive cookie. The little bear acts as emcee for the treasures by which he is surrounded. ;o)
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.32 star rating.

Best Tuna Casserole

Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2009
Very good. I used crushed crackers instead of potato chips since I didn't have any.
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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Living In: Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA

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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.42 star rating.
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California Kabobs

Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2009
This was a great recipe. I love that it can take a relatively small steak and literally stretch it to become a satisfactory, filling, flavorful, and fun meal! This was our first home experience with kabobs, and I know we'll be doing this again.
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 1 star rating.
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Avocado Corn Soup

Reviewed: Oct. 23, 2009
This one needs help. Four ingredients is not enough...and eight is only barely in a last ditch effort to add more flavor to an, interesting, but otherwise overpoweringly bland concoction. I like the use of avocado for a cream soup base, however, and will work on this. Also LOVE the history of the Haas avocado. This just isn't the best use of it, or is not taking it to the level we all KNOW it can reach.
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.83 star rating.
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Curried Tofu Salad

Reviewed: Oct. 20, 2009
The "kick" seemed just about right to me. The heat is nicely offset by the mildness of the tofu, itself. The heat and sweet was also nice. I served this in small sauce dishes as a side with Holiday Chicken Salad from this site. DH, not fond of tofu, was not impressed, understandably; it's a texture thing.
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.36 star rating.
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Egg Foo Young

Reviewed: Oct. 16, 2009
Come on. Be honest. Isn't there just something inherently FUN about fixing something that is fun to SAY? Anyway, as three added bonuses, this was easy, quick, AND tasty. We had this with Thai chili sauce. Nice blend of supper/breakfast tastes. So, what would that make it? Supfast?
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.79 star rating.
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Slow Cooker Thai Peanut Pork

Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2009
Fireguy, this is a winner at our house. It turned out so pretty, we enjoyed an impromptu candlelit dinner with chinaware, crystal, silver the works! I had to come up with a homemade concoction to dub teriyaki sauce (Worcestershire sauce, honey, and fresh ginger). This was just the right combination of hot, sweet, and smooth. Don't skip the lime if you can at all help it. Would give it another star, if I could. Served with a puree'd veggie soup, a tossed salad, and rice. Company special and so, so easy! Thanks for posting.
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan

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