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diva12
 
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Living In: Louisiana, USA
Member Since: Feb. 2009
Cooking Level: Intermediate
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About this Cook
Early 20's college student
My favorite things to cook
Fried catfish, beef stew, casseroles, and quick meals that taste like it took longer than it actually did. I never liked onions, but now that I've began cooking more, I use onions in just about everything! They're ACTUALLY good when cooked and you can't even taste the onion taste, they give off some other flavor that is just so good! Also, I've found that refrigerated onions tend to not make me "cry" when cutting them.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Since I'm from the South, of course for New Year's we DEFINITELY cook greens (usually cabbage), cornbread, black-eyed peas, and a meat (usually baked or fried chicken, and also sometimes chicken and neckbones)! This is one of my favorite meals to make for Sundays!!
My cooking triumphs
I have so many, but the best ones are where I make something for the first time (from memory, not necessarily following a recipe) and have it turn out right and look good and most of all, TASTE GOOD! Homemade Cornbread!!
My cooking tragedies
One time a long time ago, I wanted chicken tetrazinni but I never saw anyone else make it, nor did I ever view a recipe for it. I kinda knew what was in it, basic things like of course the pasta, peas, carrots, chicken, and cheese, but I didn't know the order to make it. It turned out a DISASTER! I tried to eat it but I wound up throwing it all away! I was so glad no one else was there to see me do that or to ask to try it!
Recipe Reviews 5 reviews
Gumbo Style Chicken Creole
Wish there were more stars!!! Kept going back for more and more! I used everything listed except bell peppers (didn't have any). I also added a can of diced tomatoes and a small can of roasted garlic tomato sauce (the small can). Also, I put the chicken in raw and added extra water (eyeballed it) and put in a bay leaf and let it all simmer for about 30-45 minutes or so (to fully cook the chicken). Also I used hot sauce instead of Tabasco sauce. I used the Louisiana One Drop Does It Hot Sauce. Can we say YUMMMOOOO!!! I'd even add shrimp and/or sausage, it'd go in great I'm sure. I'd also add celery too like many reviewers say, I'm sure it'd be good in this too! My 5-yr old lil girl neighbor tried it and loved it! When she went home, she told her parents and the father came back asking to try, of course I wanted to share and oblige! I'm sure they'll enjoy!! GREAT RECIPE and SO EASY to make!

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Reviewed On: Mar. 14, 2012
Lemon Icebox Pie III
OMG! My fam went crazy for this recipe! I used 2 cans of condensed milk instead of one, and I used the lemon juice from the bottle in lieu of fresh lemons (I just added and tasted until it tasted right to me). Also, I used a homemade/self-made graham cracker crust: crunch up graham crackers, mix in sugar and melted butter, and put into container that mix is going in and line it up all up the sides. They think I went through exhaustive measures for this icebox pie, but it was SO EASY to make! Def new fam fav tradition!

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Reviewed On: Dec. 29, 2009
Easy Chicken Tetrazzini
This was pretty good. I took other reviewers advice and "doctored it up" a little bit. I chopped my chicken up before boiling, then I boiled my chicken in water with a few chicken bouillon cubes, garlic powder, a little bit of minced garlic (that comes in the jar), onion powder, chicken seasoning, italian seasoning, lemon pepper, and regular pepper. Then I strained it from the water. I also boiled my spaghetti noodles in water with chicken bouillon cubes for extra flavor and right before I put a lil salt into the water for flavor. While the noodles were boiling I took a can of carrots and diced them up. Then I strained the noodles and lay them in the casserole dish 9x13. Then I took a can of cream of chicken and a can of cream of mushroom and some milk and heated it on the stove. As it almost began to boil I added the can of carrots that I'd diced and a can of peas (I drained the juice off first). Note-I thought I had regular peas, but after I'd opened and poured that I'd gotten the ones with the mushrooms and small pearl onions. But it was ok I think it added to the flavor of the dish as a whole. Then I added a little shredded cheddar, a lil shreeded mozarella, and a lil shredded parmesean cheese to the sauce mix. Then while that was going I chopped up the chicken a little bit more so there wouldnt be huge chunks in my casserole, and spread the chicken across the noodles. Then I poured the sauce over it all and spread it out evenly ad topped it all off with shredded chedd

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Reviewed On: May 6, 2009
 
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