rae
Home Town:
Arizona,
USA
Member Since:
Aug. 2006
Cooking Level:
Intermediate
Cooking Interests:
Baking, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Healthy, Dessert, Kids, Quick & Easy
Hobbies:
Sewing, Reading Books, Music
May 1, 2012 12:30 pm
Updated: May 14, 2012 4:05 pm
It all started with an essay assignment. In Jan. 2000 I was taking an English course in College and I had been assigned to try something “new”. With an 18 month old and a 2 month old at home plus babysitting for my nieces, college
classes, and dealing with some family issues the idea of trying…
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I am a stay at home mom with three beautiful kids. I love cooking and I am always looking for something new to cook for my family. My husband was thrilled when I found this website cause I have a tendancy to buy any cookbook I see!
My favorite things to cook
I love baking. Fall and winter are my favorite seasons because I can always have something in the oven. I also love crockpot dinners as well.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Holiday cooking is the best. I love cooking the dessert my grandmother taught me how to make when I turned 14. Every year at Christmas and Thanksgiving I can hear her telling me what to do and how to do it, I can also feel her smack when I stirred the wrong way! Hehe.
My cooking triumphs
I have always been afraid of frying foods after a couple disastrous attempts at it when I was younger, my fingers always seemed to go into the oil, I have finally started trying frying foods. I am just a lot more cautious. Now I am trying to figure out muffins and pies, and different types of deserts. I think I have finally figured out cheesecake (yay!me).
My cooking tragedies
My first attempt at a Boston Cream Pie when I was 16 was the ugliest nastiest cake I've ever seen or tasted. My poor Dad ate it with a smile and lied through his teeth about how wonderful it was!