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mariefnp1
 
Home Town: Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
Living In: Salem, New Hampshire, USA
Member Since: Feb. 2005
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Italian, Low Carb, Healthy, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies: Hiking/Camping, Walking, Reading Books, Music, Wine Tasting
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Jo's Rosemary Bread
Rosemary Roasted Turkey
Hiking in Shenandoah National Park, VA
About this Cook
I am a married mother of 3, married to husband of 30 years who loves my cooking. The kids are always amazed at what I can create from looking at a recipe. Unfortunately, none of them has inherited my love for cooking lol!! Hubby is also a great cook, and he is the grill master at our house - I do the marinating!!! :) I might add that I have moderate RA , rheumatoid arthritis, from which there is no cure. I am on a boatload of medicine for it, and am doing better, but that impedes me in so many ways to cook, stir, twist open jars, and then some. Thank God for my everloving husband who so graciously opens every jar I can't, stirs every dish I can't and helps to cook some things that are just too tough to cook on one's own that has this devastating disease...
My favorite things to cook
Almost anything Italian. Fish is another thing I love to cook, mostly salmon and swordfish. I also like my bread machine!!
My favorite family cooking traditions
Thanksgiving and Christmas at my parents' house. I try to bring a dish to these gatherings for everyone to try.
My cooking triumphs
Taking a recipe and tweaking it to my family's satisfaction. I know all their likes and dislikes, so I use that in coming up with what I can create.
My cooking tragedies
When 9 months pregnant, I was grilling ribs on the BBQ (never did it before!) and closed the lid, they cooked too long and were burnt to a crisp. Add to that I sat down in a lawn chair to ease my pregnant swollen feet and the chair collapsed, sending me to the ground and I had a hard time getting up. It's funny now, but wasn't then lol!!
Recipe Reviews 55 reviews
Ginger Veggie Stir-Fry
I will admit I did not make the recipe as stated - but I love all the ingredients Jennifer uses, just didn't have some on hand. My version was to saute garlic and cippolini onions, then I added a bag of Birds Eye frozen veggies with the ginger, red pepper and rosemary as Jennifer used. Stir fried until veggies were done, then I added gluten free tamari, rice flour and juice of 1 lime - made a paste and added until it thickened. It was good - I just made the sauce too thick and added a little too much red pepper, but I can't wait to try Jennifer's version!! Thank you Jennifer for this recipe!!

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Reviewed On: May 28, 2012
Beaker's Vegetable Barley Soup
This was fantastic! I doubled the ingredients, added parsnips, threw in spinach about 15 minutes prior to finish and used about 2/3 veg broth & 1/3 beef broth. I did add 2 lbs of stew beef, as I knew DH & DS would want meat in it! Phenomenal!

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Reviewed On: Nov. 20, 2011
Hearty Turkey Stew with Vegetables
My grocery store didn't have boneless turkey breast, so bought boneless skinless chicken, and just pretty much doubled everything! The only thing I did do different was to omit the green pepper - I just thought it was an odd ingredient to throw in! I might add that I put much more marjoram in the stew than it called for - 1/4 tsp based on the stew's original proportions sounded way too little - glad I decided to follow my instincts - It was absolutely delicious!!! I will look forward to try this with leftover turkey after Thanksgiving!!

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Reviewed On: Nov. 4, 2011
 
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