Peckish Sister's Reviews
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Cook's Country Best Potluck Recipes
By Editors at Cook's Country Magazine
America's Test Kitchen - 2010
Carrot Cupcakes : page 215
Delicious carrot cake in a cupcake form. It is not greasy, as oil is replaced with butter. I finely grated the carrots on my box grater as recommended, instead of taking the food processor option and the bright orange color evenly distributed was the reward. I am glad that I went to Whole Foods for currants (my local grocery stores do not stock them) and also used the roasted chopped walnut option. The creamy cream cheese frosting whipped up easily. The only downside is that this recipe makes it way too easy to have perfect carrot cake. As they suggested storing the frosting and cupcakes separately, I have served this as a frost-it-yourself cupcake and everyone had fun with that. This is my new favorite carrot cake recipe; I will not go back to those greasy oil-based recipes!
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Creamy Dill Cucumber Salad : page 61
This crunchy cucumber salad has a surprising bite of vinegar and just the right amount of dill. The beautiful juxtaposition of the red onion, pale cucumber, bright green flecks of fresh dill in a white creamy sour cream base is very refreshing. This recipe solves the problem of running or salty cucumber salads. The salted pressed cucumbers exude an amazing amount of liquid and I was delighted not to have to rinse off the cucumbers. I doubled this recipe by doing the mandolin slicing, salting and pressing twice. It made a large bowlful. Since I was making the salad the day before and you were supposed to serve it within 8 hours of making it, I held the pressed cucumbers overnight. In the morning I drained again and then added the dressing and chilled for 5 hours. It tasted very fresh.
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Southwestern Black Bean Salad : page 68
This is an amazing main dish salad for summer. I doubled this recipe and it make the perfect amount for a crowd. It is beautiful as well as tasty with fresh corn (sauteed in olive oil), scallions, avocados, tomatoes, and black beans with just the right amount of heat from the spices. I hope to make it again soon.
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Texas Sheet Cake : page 207
Deep chocolate flavor in a very moist cake. It whips up very quickly similar to a brownie and bakes in a short period of time. The roasted pecans lying on top of the icing make it as pretty as it is delicious. The directions worked perfectly and it was very popular, disappearing quickly.
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