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

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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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French Taste: Elegant Everyday Eating

By Laura Calder
HarperCollins Canada - 2009

This was awesome. Impressed the guests at a dinner party and was very easy to make. I used a 10 inch or greater (still haven't measured it) springform pan, not an 8 inch, and it turned out fine. I didn't need 2 full apples for the top. I wish she had shown a picture of the assembled tart, as she just says to arrange the apple slices on top. I overlapped them starting with the outer edge and working my way in, in a circular fashion, so it looked like a flower. I learned this from one of the Pan Chancho recipes. It looked great. i used toasted pecans for the nuts instead of almonds or walnuts, and it was great. I do recommend lightly toasting the nuts for greater flavour. I worried they might burn with 40 min in the oven on top of the tart, but they didn't.

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