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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Los Angeles, California, USA
Living In: Redmond, Washington, USA
About me:
Hello all, I am a 27y/old computer security specialist who loves to cook (among other things). I started cooking when I was four with my mother and grandmother. Cooking with my family for thanksgiving and christmas are some of my fondest childhood memories. By the time I was eight, I was cooking full meals for my family while my mother was working. I guess this led to my current compulsion to feed people (probably inherited from my Polish grandmother to whom everyone is always "wasting away"). My cooking has evolved over the years to the point where now almost everything I cook is a presentation (event the quick and easy items).

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Living In: Redmond, Washington, USA
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hurley_mom 

Cooking Level: Expert
Home Town: Sebring, Florida, USA
Living In: Redmond, Washington, USA
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.23 star rating.

Dorm Room Chili Mac

Reviewed on May 12, 2009 by Windrider 
A good solid chili mac, and it works for whatever variety of mac-and-cheese or chili you prefer. I go for Hormel beanless chili and Kraft Thick & Creamy macaroni and cheese. It came out quite well, for what it is: a convenience food, made of a convenience food and canned food, that is more than the sum of its parts.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.54 star rating.

Chicken Enchiladas I

Reviewed on Apr. 29, 2009 by Melanie 
Glad I found this recipe and the great reviews with tips. Super advice! I gave this 3 stars since I modified it quite a bit. The modifications I made really did make for a great dish. First, I boiled the chicken (5 breast halves) in water w/some chicken bouillon for 20 mins. To my surprise, this made the chicken very tender and easily shredable. I shreded it with 2 forks. Then continued with the recipe. Per another reviewer's suggestion I omitted the sour cream, tomato sauce, water, chili powder and taco sauce and replaced all of that with 1 jar (just buy the medium size) salsa and 1 can (buy the bigger 19-24 oz can) enchilada sauce. For the filling, I followed directions with the shredded chicken and added about 1/3 jar of the salsa mixed with 1/3 can of enchilada sauce. Next time I may just omit that step and won't add cheese since real enchiladas don't have that in them. Rolled the ingredients in tortillas and topped pan with the remaining enchilada sauce. (You can use leftover salsa as a condiment.) I originally forgot to add the bellpepper and garlic to the filling before rolling them - so I saute'd (sp?) the mixture and sprinkled over the enchiladas before adding the cheese and enchilada sauce. Try to get fresh tortillas (Costco sells raw tortillas.) It was muy delicioso!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.56 star rating.
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Dark Chocolate Cake I

Reviewed on Apr. 20, 2009 by Annie Y. 
Okay, though I hate it when people alter the recipe, I'm guilty of doing it for this recipe. I'm sure the recipe is fabulous as is, but I made slight modifications. I replaced about 3/4 of the water with coffee and added a couple of squares of dark chocolate to the cocoa mix. I took out half of the butter and substituted it with 1/4 c. applesauce. Also replaced 1/2 c of all purpose flour with whole wheat and added about 2 T of flax seeds. Other than the coffee, I couldn't even taste any of the substitutions! And yumm man was that cake good eatin'.
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