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RT
 
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Living In: Illinois, USA
Member Since: Mar. 2008
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Indian, Italian, Healthy, Kids, Quick & Easy
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About this Cook
My favorite things to cook
Pizza (yes, with homemade dough), chicken or steak fajitas, cake - I love cake! Also, anything cheesy, can't resist the cheese.
My cooking triumphs
Homemade pizza is definitely my specialty - I've experimented with different dough recipes and different sauces, and I currently alternate between two tried-and-true dough recipes. I've found the best sauce is a simple homemade tomato sauce with basil, oregano, garlic, and onion powder. No added salt or sugar.
My cooking tragedies
I once made a plain cheesecake where the cream cheese was not yet room temperature... if you've ever made cheesecake, you know how important that is! The result was tiny lumps of cream cheese in the finished product, which was sad because otherwise the flavors were fine.
Recipe Reviews 9 reviews
Banana Crumb Muffins
Moist, rich banana flavor, sweet without being too much, yum! These are my family's favorite muffins, I make them once a week for breakfast. My husband usually spreads butter on any muffins I make, but not these - they are perfect as-is. The recipe as written makes 12 regular-sized muffins, or 6 giant muffins. I haven't used this to make mini muffins yet, but I'm looking forward to it. I've made them with butter and also with canola oil, there's no noticeable difference in taste.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Dec. 26, 2009
Grilled Mushroom Swiss Burgers
This was just okay, I made some modifications and hoped it would be more like a restaurant mushroom-swiss burger. In addition to the seasoning salt, I also added freshly ground black pepper and minced garlic to the ground beef. I sautéd fresh baby portobello mushrooms instead of canned and also added grilled onions. Still, it was good but not great. A nice base recipe I'll keep experimenting with.

9 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Aug. 22, 2009
Sweet and Sour Meatloaf
I made this last night and my picky husband gave it two thumbs up (and he usually doesn't like my meatloaf)! I followed the advice of another poster and drained the fat before adding the sauce - that was necessary. Also, I added diced onion and bell pepper, and used jar marinara sauce instead of tomato sauce. Even my 3-year-old ate this (and she usually skips meat).

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Aug. 10, 2009
 
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