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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Here In America's Test Kitchen: All New Recipes, Quick Tips, Equipment Ratings, Food Tastings, and Science Experiments from the Hit Public Television Show

By Editors of Cook's Illustrated Magazine
Boston Common Press - 2002

Very delicious, the sauce particulary had a complex flavor. However, I used top round instead of the beef chuck, and this leaner meat did not do as well. I had to cook it much longer than the recipe called for and the meat was still not as tender as I would have liked. Cooking the pearl onions and mushrooms separately ensured that they were not mushy. It was nice to use frozen pearl onions and not have to do all that peeling. I would try this again as a hearty winter comfort food.

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The first time I made this I thought that the cream took away the tomatoey taste I expect from Lasagna. The second time I made it I substituted tomato sauce for the cream and I realized that I do not like the taste of the no-boil lasagna noodles. If you want to eliminate the boiling of the noodles you are better off using a no-boil recipe with regular noodles that you can get off of noodle boxes, spaghetti sauce jars or the internet. However, mMy familiy liked it just fine.

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