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Easy Sugar Cookies

Reviewed: Feb. 28, 2010

Easy and tasty! Made em with my KAM. Halved the recipe. Used a small oxo scoop to shape them - simple and delicious! Baked at 9 minutes for soft, 11 minutes for a little crunchy around the edges in my oven.

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Turkey Pot Pie

Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2010

great recipe! I only used 2 potatoes though - unless your potatoes are small, 3 would be too many. This was my first time making a meat pie though - how do you cut and serve the slices neatly?! Tasted great but it looked like a mess rather than a slice of pie on the plate - there must be a trick to it that I don't know.

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Ginataang Manok (Chicken Cooked in Coconut Milk)

Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2010

Put this together in my dutch oven. I'm not a fan of dark meat, and my family is only 3 people large, so I made this with a pound of breast, and only 1 can of coconut milk. Used the whole package of spinach and all suggested ginger for extra flavor. It was still too bland for me, so I shook in a healthy amount of garlic powder and ground ginger at the end (and of course more salt). Served with brown rice, and the family really enjoyed it. I will definitely make this again - thank you for sharing your family recipe!! Even though I tweaked it to my tastes, I still really appreciate the starting point.

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Basic Crepes

Reviewed: Dec. 12, 2009

i add extra sugar to the batter to make sweet crepes, as suggested by another reviewer. Love it!!

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Garlic Chicken Fried Chicken

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2009

Quick easy and delicious! Especially if you have a fryer. I use Italian bread crumbs and would add a little more salt to the batter. I also use thin cut chicken breasts - i get nervous about thicker pieces cooking all the way through before the batter becomes too well done. Great recipe!

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Veronica's Apple Pancakes

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2009

loved this! But, I added quite a bit more milk - until it got to a looser consistency. Using the milk suggested made the batter just splat into the pan...not spread like I was taught pancakes should.

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Easy Dump Cake

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2009

i made this recipe into cupcakes for a party. Not bad but nothing to write home about either.

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Blueberry Scones

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2009

i had a hard time cutting this, so I made them drop style like others have suggested. For me this made 10 good sized scones, not 12. I also made this in my Kitchenaid mixer, which really made it a snap. keeper for me!

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Spiced Sweet Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2009

I thought this was great (although while it was mixing a Persian friend said it smelled like chili dogs, which I dont think was a compliment). I put the garbanzo beans in my Kitchenaid mixer on speed 2 until they started to break apart, and then i cranked it up and dumped all of the other ingredients in. I didn't have fresh parsley, so I used dry; I didn't bother to measure the lemon juice, just squeezed two juicy lemons in - turned out fine. This is a keeper for me!

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Whipped Cream Cheese

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2009

this totally works! I also put it in my Kitchenaid mixer with the wire whip - I also added a tablespoon of jam and a couple tablespoons of sugar to make a sweet variety. Love it!

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Basic Crepes

Reviewed: Sep. 25, 2009

i add extra sugar to the batter to make sweet crepes, as suggested by another reviewer. Love it!!

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Heavenly White Cake

Reviewed: Sep. 14, 2009

baked per recipe except added half the almond called for as peppermint instead. made the cake sort of taste "fresh" but not too minty (which I liked). otherwise liked the cake but it was pretty crumbly - would have liked somethign that broke off more cleanly while eating as a cupcake - this mix yielded lots of crumbs.

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Creamy Frosting

Reviewed: Sep. 14, 2009

very creamy - but frosted beautifully! followed tip about waiting until milk is really thick and then cooling it before mixing in - sped up the cooling process by setting the thick milk in a bowl and then putting that bowl in a larger bowl of ice water.

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Artichoke Spread

Reviewed: Jan. 18, 2009

Very tasty - I think it needed spinach though, and although I will definitely make this again, I'll also probably chop versus food process the artichokes.

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Super-Delicious Zuppa Toscana

Reviewed: Jan. 13, 2009

Very similar to Olive Garden version - not exact, but very similar. Tasted better the second day.

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Homesteader Cornbread

Reviewed: Jan. 13, 2009

Made just as instructed - excellent! Maintained structural integrity for buttering - which is good, I hate a too crumbly cornbread. Was sweet, but no too sweet. Paired with Terrific Turkey Chili - great dinner!

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Roasted Vegetables

Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2009

This smelled delicious, tasted above average but not awesome. I think to get the taste to match the amazing smell I need to double the sauce (vinegar,oil,herbs). Trader Joe's makes a roasted balsamic vinegar veggie mix sold in their frozen aisle that smells almost identical to how this recipe smelled - I just wish this tasted as flavorful as TJ's mix. It's almost there though, I am going to try this again next week just upping the sauce and I'll report back.

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Amazing Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Sauce

Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2009

This sauce was just ok. I sliced some baked chicken breasts and added to the sauce and pasta to make it more hearty. I served with tortellini - it wasn't bad for an ordinary dinner but not amazing/on par for a dinner with company. If I make this again I'll add some pesto to balance out the sun dried tomatoes, again add chicken and maybe serve it with a fettuccine or something. I'll update if that improves the dish.

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Easy Meatloaf

Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2009

My first meatloaf - I don't think it stole the hearts of anyone in the fam, but it was really a decent change to the dinner line up that I'll probably cook again. Made similar changes other mentioned - lined pan with foil, added some W Sauce to the mix, sauteed onion in butter with some bell pepper before mixing, doubled the sauce mixture for the top, used turkey instead of beef.

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Too Much Chocolate Cake

Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2008

Quite good and obviously easy to make. Very fluffy. I would omit the chocolate chips next time though, I just felt like they added nothing, maybe its just a diminishing returns type thing. Baked in 2 9-in pans for 40 minutes. Looking forward to using other peoples variations of different cake box flavors/pudding flavor combos.

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