Peckish Sister's Profile

From: Central, FL USA

Joined: December 11th, 2010

About me: I have always liked to cook, particularly breads, fruits, vegetables, vegetarian, poultry and lamb dishes. After marriage we cooked together progressively more difficult dishes with him doing the meat, grilling and frying, and I did the "dough" and the same type of things I had before. After children we started cooking more simply. After discovering the cause of my frequent migraines was an evolving long list of chemicals and odd ingredients, I began getting back to cooking from basic ingredients, and found I could be well again. I also try to cooking from what I can get in season at the ever present fruit and vegetable stands.

Favorite cookbook: America's Test Kitchen / Cooks Illustrated Books


Latest review:

May 20th, 2020

Manchester Stew from Skinny Instant Pot & Slow Cooker Cookbook

I switched up the vegetables and canned beans to reflect what I had on hand. It was my very first use of the Insta pot and I was skeptical of the 3 minute cooking time since I had increased the amounts... read more >


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Crockery Cookbook (Better Homes & Gardens)

By Better Homes and Gardens Books
Better Homes and Gardens - 1994

22nd April 2012

Dilled Barley Vegetable Soup : page 91

I love making this in bulk when I need to cook vegetarian for a crowd. I make two double recipes in each of my two 5 quart crackpots. I double everything except for the frozen corn where I use a pound bag instead of 2 10 ounce packages. This makes the crackpots very full and I do no use all of the liquid. You can bring vegetable broth with you and scoop out enough of the soup so that you can thin the remainder to taste when serving. I also always use black beans instead of red beans. If I don’t have fresh mushrooms on hand, I substitute dried mushrooms. I also like to freeze single sized servings so if I need something for lunch, I can always grab one of these. It is very filling with multicolored flavors and textures. I prefer it with everything chopped small.

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