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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.58 star rating.
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Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Reviewed: Mar. 2, 2009
I used left over mini snickers bars for the chocolate in these cookies to replicate the snickers cookies in the supermarket bakeries. They were right on the money. A little sweet for me, but Dh said he had to walk away from the cookie jar, and Dd has been stargazing at the jar all afternoon. I didn't have non-stick paper, so I sprayed some oil on a pan and got some hand towel to swipe over it so that there wasn't too much, just a light coating. Dd just asked me for another cookie! lol she's already had three. I used lemon juice for the cream of tartar as one reviewer suggested. The perfect cooking time for me was 13 - 14 mins. I have frozen some dough and I'll update to tell you how well it performs after freezing. Dh said they are exactly like the bought ones. UPDATE - These baked fine after freezing. They actually took 11 minutes, so 2 minutes less time. And, they didn't spread out so much either. Still have that fantastic look of a yummy cookie and dd says they're like the Subway ones.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.8 star rating.

Pie Crust IV

Reviewed: Feb. 27, 2009
I used this recipe for an apple pie and it was so flaky and delicious. I feel however, that it's rightful place is with a savoury pie because it's exactly like those delicious flaky pastry on a meat pie at a great bakery. I just did it all in a food processor, let it rest in the fridge wrapped in plastic because I had stuff to do. So, yeah. It was great in a fruit pie, no complaints, but it would blow your mind in a meat pie. In a sweet pie, I would add a little sugar next time, but it was truly fabulous.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.72 star rating.
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Apple Crumb Pie

Reviewed: Feb. 27, 2009
Do not make this if you are on a diet! It's the most amazing apple pie you will have ever tasted. I did make a few changes based on what I enjoy in an apple pie. I doubled the flour in the mix with the apples and no problems with it being runny even when warm and because I used pastry that I made at home, I sprinkled 1/2 tblpn of extra flour on the bottom of the pastry shell like my Dad taught me, plus a sprinkle of Chinese Five Spice which has cinnamon, anise, fennel, ginger, licorice root and cloves. I also added a tablespoon of this spice to the apples. I didn't use the optional walnuts or raisins and this pie was the best pie I have ever tasted! I sliced the apples very thinly. I served it with thickened cream - KEEPER!!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.51 star rating.

Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes

Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2009
I've tasted better. The cheese sauce needs work as the flour did make it go lumpy-ish and kind of dry after I pulled it out of the oven - it was fine when I put it in. The sauce needs to be creamier. This was an average potato bake, none one exclaimed over it, but most ate it.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4 star rating.
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Sicilian Garlic Sauce

Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2009
This sauce is a long time family favourite from my Sicilian heritage. It can be very mild or very strong, depends on how much garlic you use. Spoon the pureed sauce over fried eggplant slices, top with parmesan cheese and bake OR toss through hot spaghetti OR spread on pizza bases OR use it as a dipping sauce OR on french sticks for toasted garlic bread. A very versatile sauce for lovers of garlic!
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Living In: Caboolture, Queensland, Australia

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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.53 star rating.

Ricotta Cookies II

Reviewed: Feb. 15, 2009
I'm not sure whether to give these a 3 1/2 * or 4 *. I wasn't that thrilled with them but the family seemed to like them. Hubby described the texture as a vanilla cupcake. He's exactly right. These are like cupcake cookies. Something different which did use up my left over ricotta, but I wouldn't go out of my way to make again. Thankyou.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.8 star rating.

Guacamole

Reviewed: Feb. 15, 2009
This recipe is quite rich, although that's a funny way to describe a healthy dip. The flavour of onion, creamy thick avocado and chunky tomato plus lime hit my stomach hard when I ate it first. I served this when a friend came over and only put a little in a bowl which we scooped up with vegies. It was fine like that but I wouldn't like to have lots. Less is more.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.14 star rating.
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Blueberry Muffins II

Reviewed: Feb. 15, 2009
Delicious. This recipe made 26 mini muffins...more blueberries than batter for each mouthful! I gave 4 stars because they could have been a touch sweeter, but that's easily fixed for next time.
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Living In: Caboolture, Queensland, Australia

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

Grilled or Fried Skirt Steak

Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2009
really really good and flavorful. marinaded it for about 8 hours or so and started it on the grill and moved it to the cast iron skillet i have as my grill doesnt work all that great... so i just fried it up and it came out really good. definitely making this again and next time im gonna use a bigger hunk of meat because one small steak just wasnt enough for 2 people lol.
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Home Town: Homer, Alaska, USA
Living In: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.76 star rating.

Rocky Road Ice Cream

Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2009
Sublime. The base of chocolate ice cream is the perfect flavour. So creamy and delicious. I used double cream and thickened cream for the light. I finely chopped up a block of Cadbury's rocky road chocolate, added a few unsalted crushed nuts and mini mallows and chopped 3/4 very finely up until I filled up two cups. The other 1/4 of chocolate, nuts and mallow I left a little bit more chunky. Very rich, but could easily rival an overpriced ice cream at the shops. No eggs as well!!@! This is great because there is no custard, no taste of egg and for some reason it freezes so much better and the method could not be easier, really, all you have to do is stir in some cream. You could easily leave out the cocoa if you wanted a different flavour and leave it vanilla and add chopped white chocolate and cranberry bits. In fact, I'm kind of inspired by this method to create a pavlova flavoured ice cream with vanilla base, chunks of meringue, strawberry swirl and chunks of berry. Easy, easy, easy - you have to try this recipe.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.82 star rating.

Jamie's Cranberry Spinach Salad

Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2009
I sort of made-do with what I had to make this for dh's work lunch. I dry roasted pine nuts (all I had) and only used poppy seeds as I ran out of sesame. I also added some full fat Danish feta (yum!) and chopped, poached chicken breast. I used a packet mix of baby spinach and rocket and because this is a very green salad, I asked him later what he thought of it. He said it was really great and the dressing worked well. 4 1/2 - 5 *. So, I'll give it a 5. This salad is going to be easy peasy to give him as dried cranberries don't really go bad, nor seeds, nor nuts and just add a bit of cheese and meat and I'm good to go.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.

The Best Chicken Salad Ever

Reviewed: Jan. 29, 2009
This is nice. I used homemade coleslaw dressing and mayo. I'm giving this 3 * because it wasn't above average or excellent. If you've ever been into a sandwich shop and they have a shredded chicken, mayo and veg sandwich this is what it tastes like. The consistency is not a plus in its favour. However, I suppose the kids would find it easy to eat, but not very flavourful. A bit of a disappointment because I tripled the recipe. Great for little kids sandwiches who can't eat crunchy things but not really suited to adults.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.58 star rating.
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Spinach Cantaloupe Salad with Mint

Reviewed: Jan. 26, 2009
OUTSTANDING! Out of all the dishes I prepared for Australia Day, everyone said this was the best - and I didn't even use avocado. Mine weren't quite ripe enough and I only had green bell pepper, and used mint sauce in the dressing. Other than that, I followed the recipe exactly and my kids were fighting over the last pieces of spinach! I have never seen that before. lol. The dressing is the PERFECT compliment to this amazing dish. I plan on making it again tomorrow night as it was that good. Even hubby was nodding with approval and murmuring 'great salad'. I used fresh mint from my potted garden - best salad I have eaten in a while. Thank you for this recipe!!!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.53 star rating.
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Beer and Brown Sugar Steak Marinade

Reviewed: Jan. 26, 2009
This was great. I used a regular mid strength beer left over from Christmas and the flavours were perfect.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.08 star rating.
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Lemon Pepper Dill Fish

Reviewed: Jan. 26, 2009
Very nice. I used fresh dill and minced garlic. I baked it in the oven.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.53 star rating.
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Angelyn's Marinade

Reviewed: Jan. 26, 2009
The sesame oil was incredibly overpowering with this marinade. I tried it on pork sausages baked in the oven, but the kids didn't really like them. Too much of a smoky, sesame flavour. You could really taste the soy and it seems that it needed more balance, as in to add something sweet like a bit of honey or something. If I ever made this again I would add 1/4 the amount of sesame oil and equal quantities of soy/honey. Thankyou.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.54 star rating.

Easy Pizza Sauce III

Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2009
Really good. Reminds me of a pizzeria sauce. Don't add too much baking soda if you need to - you make it taste fizzy. Just add about 1/8 tsp and I did add a little sugar, ground oregano, minced garlic but no paprika - oh, and I only had a tin of diced tomatoes which I drained well before placing everything in the food processor. Thankyou for a delicious sauce.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.26 star rating.

Easy Homemade Chili

Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2009
FINALLY... a chili recipe i can use and eat lol. ive tried 2 other chili recipes off this site, made one as is and it was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too hot. that one got tossed out the window.. the other takes a lot of ingredients and is very time consuming.. i love chili and this was perfect.. i added 2 cans of tomato sauce instead of 1 and 1 of stewed tomatos as im not a fan of tomato bits.. (ewww), and 2 cans of beans... thought it was a little on the watery side but thats an easy fix for next time.. i also did add a little bit more garlic and chili powder than a pinch.. just seemed to me that a pinch wouldnt be enough to season it all.. and also threw in some ground cumin seed because it felt like it was missing something.. that did the trick.. put some doritos (no fritos in australia), cheese and sour cream on top and it was absolutely delicious.. who cares if its only a starter recipe.. it beats going to the store, paying all that money for all the ingredients to make a "better chili" only to find out that its insanely hot and you cant even eat it so it just goes to waste.. gives me something to toy with to make it even better.. so you get 5 stars from me for giving me an awesome base... i normally just used those carrol shelby packets but those arent sold in australia either lol so ive spent the last year and a half trying to find a decent chili recipe that i could mess around with to suit my tastes. this one is definitely it
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Home Town: Homer, Alaska, USA
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.56 star rating.
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Blue Cheese Burgers

Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2009
Very good. I just finished eating one of these and while the taste was outstanding, the method of preparing the patties kind of made my patties fall apart. I used a creamy blue and you can barely taste it as it makes the meat moist and with runny cheese. YUM! Next time, I will cut up the blue into small chunks and surround a few with ground beef so that the cheese won't leak out so much and catch and burn on my grill. The literally ripped in half in my George Foreman as the cheese stuck to one side. Also, don't use a spray oil, oil liberally and oil again while hot with paper towel and oil. I used spray oil and I'm not looking forward to cleaning the grill. The pan needs to be hot to seal, I put them on while it was cold and it's not good. I think a light coating of flour(shaking off any excess) would help here and I think a whole egg wouldn't go astray in keeping these babies together. Small things in the method of making these mean you don't lose any cheese, they don't fall apart and you have less mess to clean. I had no hot pepper sauce or mustard powder, so I subbed a little sweet chilli and Hot English mustard. UPDATE: I use this recipe every single time for burgers now. It's so good. I don't see the point of making a hamburger unless it has a pool of gorgeous, slighlty tangy, runny blue cheese through the middle of it. Makes the entire burger so moist and flavourful!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.79 star rating.

Banana Crumb Muffins

Reviewed: Jan. 22, 2009
My dd loved these and none of them are left! I didn't manage to even take a photo - and that says something. The batter made 12 muffins and I followed another reviewers advice about adding some vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon to the batter. I just mixed up the bananas with a fork and a wooden spoon for the whole batter. Dd says they deserve a billion stars, they are so moist, the topping so delicious and she tells me she couldn't help but eat 5 of them while I was otherwise occupied. lol.
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