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

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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2 recipe(s) reviewed. Showing 1 to 2Sort by: Title | Date | Rating

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(December, 2010)

This was a delicous dish with a creamy sauce contrasting with the savory-crunchy topping. I doubled this recipe to serve four as a main course, baking it in an 9 X 13" baking dish and adding an extra 10 minutes of baking time. I also substituted a 15 oz can of fresh cut tomatoes for the fresh.

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This is a very easy to throw together recipe, but it does take some advance planning as may not be likely to have a bag of frozen gumbo vegetables or a can of crab around. The crab flavor was present, but not strong, and there was some spice, but the overall flavors blended well and were balanced. The picture shows red broth and you think there will be tomatoes in it, but it turns out a lighter color. I recommend it for a nice gumbo without meat.

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