BethNH's Profile

From: , NH USA

Joined: December 16th, 2010

About me: I've been cooking and baking since I was a child and collecting cookbooks almost that long. Years ago, I lost my entire collection in a flood and I've been slowly building it back up. I cook for my husband and three sons who are not very adventurous eaters. We're on the go a lot with sports and school schedules. I love to bake and my boys and their friends appreciate all manner of baked goods.

Favorite cookbook: King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion

Ginger Pork Meatballs with Cilantro and Fish Sauce from Dinner: Changing the Game

These meatballs and the dipping sauce were to die for delicious. Although there was a lot of chopping the recipe was easy to follow. Everyone loved it and we will definitely make this again. read more >

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The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New Century

By Amanda Hesser
W. W. Norton & Company - 2010

Very nice fish tacos.

There were three main parts of this recipe: pico de gallo,spicy sour cream, and fried fish. Each of these came together easily but did require multiple dishes.

Pico de gallo - I made this very quickly in my food processor. This meant that it was perhaps chopped too fine but it tasted good and was much quicker than chopping everything by hand.

Spicy sour cream - A simple mix of mayonnaise and sour cream with chipotle in adobo and a few spices. This was delicious inside the tacos with a nice mix of cool and spicy.

Fish - The fish is soaked in milk and then dredged in flour mixed with spices. I'm not entirely sure what the purpose of the milk soak was and I don't believe it added anything to the dish. The fish, however, was excellent.

The three components came together nicely in small flour tortillas and the fish tacos were enjoyed by all.

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This recipe had everything I was looking for. It uses all purpose flour and makes one large pizza. I was shocked at how many recipes I had to go through to find one that met these simple criteria.

Although there is no suggestion of using a stand mixer, I used my Kitchenaid to knead this dough for about 5 minutes before covering it and leaving it to rise.

Good basic pizza dough.

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Very simple week night meal.

My youngest son requested pasta for dinner after summer running. My oldest doesn't really care for tomato sauce and I didn't want to make Alfredo.

This sauce was terribly simple to make. Just a few ingredients simmered together on the stove while the pasta cooks. Although there are tomatoes in the sauce, the sauce does not taste like tomatoes and my oldest liked it a lot.

There was the right amount of sauce to coat one pound of penne and, although there was both cream and parmesan in it, the sauce did not feel heavy.

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Perfect summer time meal.

Chicken is marinated in a delicious sauce made from cashews, cilantro, garlic, jalapenos (and a few other things). The sauce is put together quickly in the blender and then spread on the chicken.

I let my chicken sit for just about an hour before grilling. I was a little nervous about the spiciness before I put it on the chicken but after grilling it was perfect. The sauce has a nice kick to it but no burn.

All five members of my family gave this 5 stars.

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