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Favorite Old Fashioned Gingerbread

Reviewed: May 27, 2012

This was so yummy! It's light and has a deep flavour. The only thing I changed was to use 2t of ginger, next time I might up it to 3t as we like it strong. I didn't have the right molasses so I made it up with golden syrup and brown sugar, and I didn't have cloves so I used a little allspice instead and it wasn't worse off for the changes.

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Red Pepper Chimichurri

Reviewed: May 25, 2012

This was delicious, I cut the oil to 1/2c as 1 would have been a bit much for our tastes. We used it as a dip for corn chips and empanadas but it also goes great with chicken.

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Chipotle Chicken Salad

Reviewed: May 22, 2012

This was really delicious, we had it on sandwiches and toast. I only used 1/2 cup mayo as 1c would have been waay too much. We also didn't have feta so we left that out (would have been even better with it), and instead of green onions we only had shallots which worked nicely.

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Peanut Chocolate Cake

Reviewed: Apr. 13, 2012

Absolutely addictive! I love this recipe, in the cake I replaced 1/4c of flour with cocoa and like some others suggested I used cold coffee instead of water. For the frosting I only used about 1t of milk and 2c of powdered sugar, and I have to say I liked it so much I left some in the bowl and just ate it with a spoon! I also put chocolate ganache over the frosting - very decadent.

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Chicken Broccoli Ca - Unieng's Style

Reviewed: Jan. 9, 2012

Loved this recipe! Like some others I didn't have oyster sauce on hand so I used extra soy. I also used fresh green beans in place of the bok choi as that's what I had, the 4 stars are because I added ginger, chili, rice vinegar and more garlic, it seemed a little bland without it.

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Rosemary Pasta in Roasted Garlic Sauce

Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2011

This was great, and quick and easy. I didn't find the 2 Tablespoons of rosemary overwhelming, the only reason I'm giving it four stars is because it could have done with a tablespoon or two less butter, it started to get a little greasy.

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Walnut Marmalade Mini Loaves

Reviewed: Nov. 8, 2011

I thought these were a great way to use up some of the marmalade I've had sitting around after I made lots of it, I used almonds in mine and although I personally don't like marmalade everyone else loved the flavour and thought they were good

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Hot Ham and Cheese Sandwiches

Reviewed: Aug. 17, 2011

Yum yum! We all loved these! Exactly as the recipe is written, I didn't change a thing, perfect for wrapping up in foil and taking to work if you have an oven or sandwich press, much better than ordinary ham and cheese sandwiches!

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German Apple Cake I

Reviewed: Aug. 15, 2011

Really great apple cake, the only reason I'm giving it four stars is because I reduced the oil to 1/2 cup, increased apple to 4 1/2 cups and reduced the sugar to 1 cup. It was still incredibly moist and delicious, a great way to use up apples

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Apple Turnovers

Reviewed: Aug. 7, 2011

These taste great, just like the ones in one of my local bakeries. I'm giving it 5 stars because the only thing i did differently was to add a little vanilla after the filling was done and dusted them with icing sugar to finish. Oh and I did only have 3 apples but they were big enough to not matter

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Pico de Gallo Chicken Quesadillas

Reviewed: May 2, 2011

Everyone loved this quesadilla recipe, it was really good. The only thing I did was to bake the quesadillas, they were way too hard to flip. The pico de gallo was great, I let it sit for an hour before we used it. The only problem was something seemed to be missing, and I have no idea what that was, maybe more chili

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Bake Sale Lemon Bars

Reviewed: Mar. 5, 2011

I'm not totally convinced I love these, but they aren't bad at all everyone else seems to like them. I only have a 9 X 12 pan which turned out perfect. I ran out of lemons so I added limes (which may have made it more tart). I found that the butter leeched from the base afterwards and still hasn't stopped which made them a little greasy but I think I know where I went wrong there. I first made the recipe as written but I found it WAY too sweet so I followed Gourmetmommy's changes, which were a lot better for my taste.

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Mexican Rice II

Reviewed: Feb. 23, 2011

Yummy, I made this tonight to go with some marinated grilled chicken. I only gave it four stars because I used fresh garlic, which I added with some cumin seed after the onions were soft already, and the other thing was I used a little extra water and gave it a couple of careful stirs to prevent sticking. Oh I also threw in some extra salt to cover for the added water.

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Viennese Crescent Holiday Cookies

Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2011

Unbelievably yummy! These have been on my list for a while so I chose this recipe cause it has the lowest fat to flour ratio (out of guilt and saving money). I used ground almonds instead of hazelnuts as they're cheaper, they were good but probably not as much flavour as hazelnuts. I also didn't put vanilla bean in the sugar. Overall a great cookie recipe even for non cookie eaters!

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Swedish Nuts II

Reviewed: Dec. 15, 2010

Yum! I made these a night ago and I've eaten half of them already on my own. I used almonds (plus some flaked almonds) as I ran out of nuts so I also had to halve the recipe after I realised. I followed the recipe word for word after that and it came out great! It doesn't sound like it will work but it does!

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Basic Crepes

Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2010

Really great basic crepes recipe! Any flavour additions are good like vanilla or Kahlua, its a bit different to normal crepe recipes where the batter has to rest for at least 30 minutes which is good

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Old Fashioned Coconut Cream Pie

Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2010

I have to admit I was disappointed with this recipe, the custard came out really nicely and the recipe is well written, and I did use coconut cream (topped up with a little milk when I ran out) but the taste was just so underwhelming I couldn't help but feel disappointed. It was like a vanilla custard with a few bits of toasted coconut thrown in that you could just barely taste. That being said there's a simple way to solve it and thats to use a little coconut extract, to make it actually taste like coconut

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Basic Flaky Pie Crust

Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2010

This recipe is essentially what I did with the pie crust VI recipe anyway, so thats why I'm giving it a better rating, for the better instructions. The quantities are almost the same in both recipes. I do use butter as the shortening not proper shortening, a mix of both would be good too.

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Cocojito (Frozen Mojito)

Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2010

This was really refreshing, the only detracting factor was it wasn't coconutty enough if that makes sense, I added a couple of jiggers of Malibu and that did it

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Restaurant-Style Buffalo Chicken Wings

Reviewed: Oct. 23, 2010

Really good, I'd never had buffalo chicken before. I did shallow fry it rather than deep fry, and I left it for the whole 90 minutes in the fridge. The 3 stars are because there just wasn't enough spice in the coating, I had to add a lot more. I think there may have been too much flour for it. Also with the hot sauce I added more spice and a bit of lemon. I think I just didn't love it, I couldn't eat all of what I had on my plate, after the first handful I had enough. Maybe I just don't understand American tastes yet lol

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