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Dena
 
Home Town: Pine Mountain Club, California, USA
Living In: Pine Mountain Club, California, USA
Member Since: Oct. 2008
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Healthy, Dessert, Kids, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Gardening, Hiking/Camping, Camping, Boating, Biking, Walking, Reading Books, Music
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About this Cook
Taught myself how to cook through trial and error (lots of error!) Married with kids for 12 years. Love to cook for family and friends.
My favorite things to cook
always trying new things :)
My favorite family cooking traditions
Birthdays- dinner is their personal favorite with a surprise cake/ Christmas- Italian everything!/ Thanksgiving- traditional/ most Saturday mornings- big family breakfast or brunch/
My cooking triumphs
Birthday cakes!... Lasagna- my son's fav... Pumpkin curry soup- hubby's fav... steak and mashed potatoes w/ sauted green beans- daughter's fav...
My cooking tragedies
cherry turnovers! apple fritters! meatballs- too fussy!
Recipe Reviews 4 reviews
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Ultimate High Altitude Chocolate Chip Cookies
These were not cookies. Instead, I made mini "cakes". Not to mention how bland and salty they were. I'm going to try the Tollhouse recipe for high altitude next- got to make it up to the kids! (I'm at 5,500 feet)

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Apr. 5, 2009
Cocoa Quickies
Kids and husband agree - only three stars! Oats are too chewy even when I used 2 cups of quick cook oats and 1 cup rolled oats. The coconut made these very sweet- too much even for my sweet tooth husband! Next time I try this I will use only quick cook oats, 1/2 the coconut and add peanut butter to help the texture and cut the sweetness. Good overall concept though.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 7, 2009
Roasted Chicken Noodle Soup
Very hearty soup! I used fiori pasta noodles instead of the egg- not very popular with my kids. Also added more broth and cracked pepper to the soup. Very flexable recipe- add more or less of whatever you like. This soup is a wonderful main course for our COLD evenings in the mountains! Makes a big batch- bet it will be even better tomorrow!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 5, 2009
 
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