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Dill, Feta and Garlic Cream Cheese Spread

Reviewed: Mar. 16, 2010

Sooo tasty and easy. The first time I made this I used neufchâtel cheese- delicious. The next time, I bought fat free cream cheese to use. It was my first time buying fat free cream cheese and lemme tell you: that stuff is gross. I'd never put it on a bagel. It looks like opaque jello. After I stopped dry-heaving at the sight of it, I put it in this recipe and it was still delicious! Go ahead and try the fat free in this recipe. It is still awesome and way way lower in calories. I'll be using this recipe frequently.

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Potato Chip Cookies

Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2010

Just finished making these. I'm in love! They are sooo good. Delicious plain but decadent with chocolate. I filled a pastry bag with melted and cooled chocolate so I could pipe hearts on them, as they're very plain looking without some decoration. I'm about to go find someone to give these to before I eat all 30 myself. My only notebis that the dough was too dry when I finished...no one else seems to have had this problem, so I probably just measured something wrong. I added a few teaapoons of water and it was fine.

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Peanut Butter Noodles

Reviewed: Jan. 17, 2010

Freaking DELICIOUS. One million stars. Heck, two million. One of the best things in the recipe is that all the ingredients give a different flavor (sweet, spicy, garlicky) and so it's very easily made to your tastes... An extra bit of honey, a bit more ginger- all the ingredients have such distinct flavor. I use veggie broth and chunky peanut butter and red pepper flakes in place of the chilli oil (which I can't find) but those are my only changes. To the reviewers who thought this was too much Ginger, I wonder if you used fresh? If you use dried ground Ginger you definitely need less. Then again, I love Ginger and can't imagine there being too much. Thank you SO much for the recipe it's a true keeper.

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Raspberry Lemon Muffins

Reviewed: Jun. 4, 2009

I didnt have any lemon zest, so I used a full teaspoon of lemon extract. Subbed 1 whole egg for the egg whites. Used plain yogurt, which was what I had on hand. These are not very sweet, so don't skip the sugar on top. It gives a perfect crunchy and sweet balance to the not-so sweet muffin. Great to keep on hand in the freezer since they taste fresh baked after 30 seconds or so in the microwave.

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Lemon Graham Squares

Reviewed: Jun. 1, 2009

I was really excited for these since I LOVE graham cracker crumbs, but having made these I'm with the reviewers who stated there is too much of it in these bars. These would be 5 stars with just a bit less crumbs. Otherwise, delicious recipe.

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Artichoke Stuffed Mushrooms

Reviewed: May 28, 2009

Perfect recipe. All the ingredients are so basic, but you end up with something fancy and special. They were gone about .2 seconds after I put them out on the table.

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Honey Mustard Sauce

Reviewed: May 28, 2009

Despite this sauce being mostly mayonnaise, I didn't feel the mayo taste was overwhelming. I only had a little bit of dijon mustard, so I subbed Plochman's mustard for part of the dijon called for. I wouldn't change anything about the ratios here; I think it's just perfect as written. Thanks!

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Broiled Tilapia Parmesan

Reviewed: May 19, 2009

This was great. I am not sure how closely I followed the recipe, since I was scaling it for just two pieces of fish. I did use all the ingredients, just probably not in the right amounts. I was apprehensive about using too much mayo, so I only used a little bit but I really couldn't taste it at all and I probably could have spread the topping more easily with more in there. I served it atop the Orzo Alfredo recipe from this site, with roasted garlic and a baguette on the side. I also managed to use my broiler without burning the food, so that was a major success. I think next time though I will put some dry seasonings on both sides of the fish before adding the topping to give it a little more flavor. Very easy meal and I'm looking forward to having it again. Boyfriend liked it too.

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Orzo Alfredo

Reviewed: May 19, 2009

This went great with the Broiled Tilapia Parmesan recipe from this site, but as written it's pretty bland. Tasted it as written before adding garlic powder, salt, and white pepper then it was pretty delicious. Used 2% milk since I had no cream.

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Guacamole

Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2009

First time making guacamole, and what a success! For me, this is way more than 4 servings. Maybe my avocados were bigger. I'll be making this regularly.

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Fish Tacos

Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2009

These were delicious. I'd rather eat this than go to a restaurant, and they were fun to make. I found I was out of cumin for the white sauce, so I skipped it and it was still great. Forgot to dredge the fish in flour before frying, and it made no difference. Subbed lettuce for the cabbage. Really delicious recipe, and though I thought it would be time consuming it really took no more work than when I usually make fried fish. The beer batter recipe here isn't the best out there, but it works just fine for the dish. If you want a top-notch beer batter, try the "Beer Batter for Fish" recipe for this site, which includes some more seasoning. But, for how fast and easy the beer batter here was, it works fine.

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Beer Margaritas

Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2009

These are the best. Way better than the pre-mixed bottles of margarita, and hardly any more work to make. I used Corona and Jose Cuervo with generic limeade. The only change I made was to tone it down with extra beer instead of extra water. These will sneak up on you FAST!

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Ignacio's Super Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

Reviewed: Apr. 28, 2009

Awesome this is really good! It's like a 100 Grand bar as another reviewer said. The crunch from the toast is really yummy and I'll definitely make them this way again.

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Roasted Garlic Soup

Reviewed: Apr. 28, 2009

SunnyB's awesome pic compelled me to make this, even on the warmest day we've had so far this year. My roommate kind of gave me the side-eye when I told him we were having soup, but he sure seemed happy enough to be eating it. I had pre-peeled cloves and I didn't think I could roast those but found that I could. You just toss the cloves with the oil, make a packet out of foil and put them in a 350 oven for about half an hour. They tasted great and it was faster than roasting them in the bulbs. Skipped the lemon because it seemed perfect as it was when I tasted it. I had leftover garlic mashed potatoes from the previous night so I added some of those too. I skipped the puree step; it looked fine as it was. Very delicious, thank you!

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Onion Soup Gratinee

Reviewed: Apr. 28, 2009

This was amazing. I subbed beef stock for the chicken. Also used some sliced swiss in addition to the cheese called for. I didn't have any port so I subbed more of the white wine. I am a vegetarian, but I made an exception for this soup since my grandpa requested it. I'll try it again with veggie stock soon. Superior to restaurant quality.

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Strawberry Bread

Reviewed: Apr. 16, 2009

This smelled soooooo good baking. I was not disapointed with the taste either. Skipped the pecans for this one. The instructions could have been a little more detailed (note that you're adding the REMAINING sugar to the dry mixture, not 2 cups) but everything worked fine. I added about an extra 1/2 pint of strawberries to this. I may try with strawberry extract next time.

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Braided Easter Egg Bread

Reviewed: Apr. 13, 2009

This recipe turned out beautiful. I used my bread machine for the dough. I could have done a better job braiding the dough, but once it's baked it hardly seemed to make a difference. Looked beautiful. One star off for the baking time...50-55 minutes?! I am really glad I read the reviews otherwise I would have probably set a timer for say, 40 minutes or so and the bread would have already been really burned. Mine took about 25 minutes.

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Apple Dip

Reviewed: Apr. 10, 2009

We actually used this dip for strawberries. It seemed like you need a lighter type of dip for that than you would for apples, so I folded in a bit of cool whip. Yum. Tasted it before the cool whip though, and I could tell this would be delicious with apples. I always have cream cheese so this one's a keeper for me. Thanks!

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Grilled Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

Reviewed: Apr. 9, 2009

These are the best. I always use nice texas toast style white bread for these. Last night I made these with raspberry jelly and also made grilled sandwiches with Nutella and banana. My roommate and I devoured them. Definitely recommend that you try these with Nutella if you haven't already.

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Nacho Cheese Sauce

Reviewed: Apr. 8, 2009

I was very happy with this recipe. The creaminess from the American cheese is great, better results than you can get with "real" cheese I think. I served it with fries, but sampled a bit with a tortilla chip and liked it that way too. It didn't blow me away with its amazingness (maybe just more cheese was needed?), so not quite 5 stars for me but very easy and all the ingredients are basics which I love. I think I will try this with salsa added next time.

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