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Mom's Zucchini Bread

Reviewed: May 30, 2012

Wonderful recipe! I've made it a few times exactly as written, and it is absolutely delicious -- fabulous around the house, and a guaranteed crowd-pleaser at parties. My toddler absolutely adores it, and will continue to ask for "Cini Bread" weeks after we've finished off what we made before. I'm trying a few variations now to make it a bit healthier (the recipe as written has more sugar than zucchini -- an awesome treat, but with my toddler around, it's worth tinkering). My latest variation replaces the 3 cups flour with 1 cup whole-wheat flour, 2 cups bread flour; the 1 cup of oil with 1/2 cup olive oil, 1/2 cup applesauce; and the 2-1/4 cup sugar with 1 cup succanat, 3/4 cup white flour. Not QUITE as sweet, but definitely still sweet enough and completely excellent! The moisture of the bread with this variation was perfect as well. Hope this is helpful to someone. Again, this is such a wonderful recipe, both as written and as a base recipe for variations. Thank you so much for sharing!

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Overnight Raisin Oatmeal Pancakes

Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2011

These are wonderful! The texture is so good -- they're somehow poofy, even though they are incredibly healthy. (At least, compared to other pancakes...) They're perfect for my one-year-old son, too. We've had these two weekends in a row, both times skipping the raisins and adding different fruit (mixed berries, then banana slices + blueberries) to the batter on the skillet. PERFECT. Thanks for the great recipe. UPDATE: I've made these almost every weekend for the last 7 months. This recipe is a treasure. I call them "magic pancakes," because a bunch of healthy ingredients magically turns into the most delicious pancakes we've tried! I use either white-wheat flour or bread flour in place of the all-purpose, and it's terrific. I also use ginger in place of cinnamon - with chopped bananas, surprisingly delicious. Pancakes were a tradition for my husband when he was growing up, and I'm so glad to have a way to keep that tradition alive in our family without giving my toddler food I don't feel good about. Seriously, if you use wheat flour, this isn't all that different from oatmeal with a pinch of sugar. Yet, somehow, it tastes a million times better and more special. What an ideal weekend treat. Thanks again!

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Sweet Potato Pie I

Reviewed: Jun. 21, 2010

This is AWESOME. And so easy! I followed the recipe closely, subbing coconut milk for milk due to my friend's lactose allergy. (Couldn't taste the coconut, and it still set up perfectly.) Instead of the 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, I used about 1/4 tsp. ginger, 1/4 tsp. coriander, and a pinch of cinnamon. PERFECT.

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Vegan Black Bean Soup

Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2010

Wonderful soup! This is easy to make, with ingredients I usually have on hand. Pureeing the beans and tomatoes BEFORE adding them to the pot simplifies things, too -- I like this better than ladling hot soup in and out of the blender. The flavor and texture are exactly right. We make this one again and again!

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Strawberry Cream Cheese Spread

Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2009

This didn't turn out well for me -- it was way too runny, even after refrigeration overnight and immediate serving. I will try this again sometime -- I really want it to work, and maybe with better strawberries (mine were the washed-out winter grocery store berries) the results will be different.

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Dill, Feta and Garlic Cream Cheese Spread

Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2009

Great texture, great strong flavor. I actually made this as a homemade bagel spread, and for this purpose, it was only OK -- a bit thick and intense for the typical morning bagel. But it's a wonderful dip. Very easy to make.

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Bread Machine Rolls

Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2009

These were very good -- easy to make, and the recipe was very clear. I followed it exactly. With the honey butter recipe on this site, it was a nice Thanksgiving Day treat.

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Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread

Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2009

Followed this recipe almost exactly, and it was both easy and quite delicious. My husband loves it -- I can definitely see this becoming a regular holiday recipe. I only have one loaf pan and it's a full-sized loaf pan, so I made full-sized loaves one at a time rather than the three minis. This recipe makes exactly two full-sized loaves, so feel free to halve it if you just want one. I baked 60 minutes at 350 degrees. I ran out of white sugar while making this, so used 2 cups white sugar and 1 cup brown -- still delicious. I also used a full teaspoon of cloves, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, and 1/2 tsp. ginger due to my family's preferences -- again, still delicious. If you really want to indulge, make this with the honey butter recipe that is also on this site. Thanks so much for the recipe. I really look forward to making this recipe again, and to trying the many variations I've seen in the reviews. I'll probably try mixing in chocolate chips at some point, and maybe following the tip of "injecting" it with cinnamon butter. Fabulous!!

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Perfect Pumpkin Pie

Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2009

What's not to like? This recipe is so easy, and it always turns out perfectly. A fantastic standby. I always follow the recipe exactly, but maybe I'll branch out a bit in coming years. I use my electric mixer to get the filling very smooth, and watch closely to ensure it doesn't overcook.

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Pumpkin Pancakes

Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2009

Easy and delicious. I love that the pumpkin flavor is subtle, and that they're flavorful without being too sweet. We topped them with honey butter (made from a recipe on this site!) and maple syrup. They turned out so smooth and fluffy, and I followed the recipe closely. I look forward to making these again. Thanks for the recipe!

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Slow Cooker Turkey Breast

Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2009

Delicious and easy! I've cooked this for Thanksgiving two years in a row, and as a beginning cook, it is so nice to be able to put the turkey in and focus on everything else with complete confidence that it will be totally delicious! This year, I forgot to buy the turkey breast a few days in advance, so it was still partly frozen. I followed instructions on About.com and ended up putting the mostly-frozen turkey in the slow cooker on high for TWO hours, not one, then cooked on low for 7-8 hours. Turned out well. Not sure if this is an FDA-recommended way to thaw a turkey, though, so weigh your options... and definitely buy early enough to thaw in the fridge!

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Gourmet Sweet Potato Classic

Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2009

Delicious! I've made this two Thanksgivings in a row, and it's a big hit. I sub skim milk for heavy cream and boil the potatoes rather than baking them, but other than that, I follow the recipe exactly. It's fabulous. It may well become our family tradition, provided that I can persuade my husband that sweet potatoes do NOT need marshmallows to be delicious! Thank you for sharing!

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Honey Butter

Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2009

Really delicious. I made this for Thanksgiving dinner along with the bread machine rolls on this site, and my family was thrilled. Thanks for the recipe. I followed the recommendation of other reviews and used salted butter, not margarine.

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Chicken Tortilla Soup V

Reviewed: Nov. 19, 2009

This is wonderful. It's a delicious, easy, and relatively inexpensive weekday meal.

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Banana Crumb Muffins

Reviewed: Nov. 8, 2009

These muffins are incredible. I can totally understand all the rave reviews. I've only made them a few times as they're dangerous to have around the house, but they're an exceptional treat when I do make them and perfect for special breakfasts and visitors. Though the taste is extraordinary, they're easy and inexpensive enough to make regularly. Thanks so much for sharing. These are amazing.

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Award Winning Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

Reviewed: Nov. 8, 2009

WOW, these are wonderful. They're soft, tasty, and gorgeous. I followed the advice of SVROSS -- I cut the recipe in half and added 1 tsp. baking powder, 1/4 tsp. salt and 1 T vanilla. I also followed the recommendation of Heather -- I briefly chilled my cookie sheets before laying out the cookies, and baked them for about nine minutes. You really have to look at these cookies closely to know when they're done. The bottoms bake to a beautiful, crispy golden brown, but the tops stay pale and fluffy. PERFECT. The dough is so easy to work with -- if you take your time and work deliberately, it's not hard to make all these cookies come out identical and perfect. (A rare accomplishment for me!) It is helpful to chill the dough briefly for scooping. Just 15 minutes in the refrigerator made this perfect for me. I used a cookie scoop. The end result was a batch of gorgeous chocolate chip cookies -- totally uniform, fluffy, and golden, with just-crispy-enough bottoms. The fact that these cookies are so beautiful and perfect, combined with the excellent flavor and uniquely soft texture, makes them great for gift-giving in my book. They've already been a huge hit with everyone I've shared them with. This recipe is a treasure. Many thanks to Debbi for sharing.

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Szechwan Shrimp

Reviewed: Nov. 8, 2009

Wow -- an easy, relatively fast, reasonably healthy, and completely delicious meal that can be made with inexpensive kitchen staples. I modify this somewhat when I make it, to include more vegetables. I make a triple batch of the sauce, then add about a pound of frozen stir-fry vegetables at the same time as the garlic and green onions. Then I proceed with the recipe as written, with the rest of the ingredient quantities as written. It's perfect. Many thanks to FOODGU1.

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Seasoned Couscous

Reviewed: Sep. 21, 2009

I thought this was great! For me, a beginning cook, it provided a great side dish as well as a recipe base I intend to use many more times. I agree that it was a bit dry, though the water-to-couscous ratio did match what was recommended on the couscous package. I'll be upping the amount of water and seasoning next time, relative to the amount of couscous I use. I'll also add more of each seasoning recommended, and will probably tweak it depending on what I have available. One reviewer said that this has the flavor of something that would come from a seasoning packet -- I agree with that somewhat, but to me that's a positive. My husband and I love the pre-seasoned boxes of couscous with spice packs, and this recipe is the closest I've found to a simple, inexpensive recipe that packs a good side-dish punch. I expect we'll make this many, many times. It comes together quickly and makes use of ingredients I almost always have on hand. Thanks!

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Black Beans and Rice

Reviewed: May 5, 2008

Love it, love it, love it. I plan to make this every week. It's delicious, a perfect meal, and a great base for other things. This is a true workhorse of a recipe. It's cheap and comes together fast. I would recommend heating everything up on medium, not medium high -- but all of you who aren't novice cooks, like I am, probably know how to do things. : )

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Quinoa and Black Beans

Reviewed: May 5, 2008

What's not to like? The tasty and nutritional qualities of quinoa, included as a variation on the classic black beans and rice, makes for a delicious staple dish that I intend to make again. I look forward to trying a few variations, too.

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