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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Paleo Perfected: A Revolution in Eating Well with 150 Kitchen-Tested Recipes

By America's Test Kitchen
America's Test Kitchen - 2015

These are the best looking gluten-free muffins I have made. I chose the recipe as it had a majority of almond flour instead of other processed grains like rice. The flavor was robust and dense. I usually am not happy with the taste of commercially available blueberries and that was the case here, but with great blueberries it would be even better. The almond, sugar, lemon zest topping made it a real crowd pleaser.

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I loved this recipe, it was a little fussy in the cooking, first brown the chicken, adding other ingredients in stages and then making a sauce, then cooking in the oven. My first harvest of chard from the garden yielded only one pound, and the recipe called for two, but it still worked well. The flavorful sauce tasted like it had wine, broth, etc, but was mainly flavored by the onion, garlic and fresh thyme. The carrots were surprisingly firm and bright orange. I enjoyed this dish by itself, but the other dinner enjoyed it over spätzle.

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I really missed crackers on a gluten-free and Paleo diet. This recipe sounded intriguing, I also added my favorite, cumin seed. However the crackers turned out oily, most were bending and tasted of ground almonds. Still looking for that perfect cracker recipe.

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