chefaileen's Profile

From: Kingston, ON Canada

Joined: February 8th, 2009

About me: Andrew's sister! A busy family doctor with a doctor husband and 2 children. I'm always on the lookout for kid-friendly recipes, especially fast ones.

Favorite cookbook: undecided

Favorite recipe: undecided

Website:
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Squash Ravioli with Sherried Onion Sauce, Walnuts and Cranberries from Cooking New American : How to Cook the Food You Love to Eat

This was incredible. I used 2 small butternut squash and then had way too much filling, so increased the ricotta and parmesan to balance, and then had at least half of it left over. I froze it, so hopefully... read more >

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The Best 30-Minute Recipe

By Cook's Illustrated Magazine, John Burgoyne, Daniel J. Van Ackere, Carl Tremblay
America's Test Kitchen - 2006

Really good and good as left overs. I use a little more cheese, and mix some Monterey Jack with the Mozzarella. Also, freshly grated parmesan makes a difference. Fresh basil at the end is great, but my kids pick out the "yucky green stuff". The family love this and my son likes it and he rejects most lasagnes.

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The kids really like this, and it's ready in approx. 30 min. There's a cornbread topping that is optional, but I'm not sure we've done this.

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Tasty, but the meatballs were a bit weird, and the bread soaked in buttermilk was more trouble than just using breadcrumbs, and had a less desirable texture. Mixing pork and ground beef gives nice flavour and is more interesting than plain ground beef.

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