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 Bon Appetit Cookbook: Fast Easy Fresh

By Barbara Fairchild
Wiley - 2008

Not even close to best ever.

Fine maybe. Definitely not best.

It browned too quickly on the top and developed a thick crust. The bottom was kind of greasy. Too much sugar.

I'll stick with my tried and true recipe.

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Simple muffin recipe (though aren't they all?) made with every day ingredients. I didn't include the pecans because my boys don't care for nuts. They have a nice mocha flavor - not too strong on the coffee.

Enjoyed by everyone.

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Yummy!

This dinner came together in no time at all. The spice rub was made with ingredients I always have in my pantry. I also had a can of chipotles in the pantry and sour cream in the fridge.

I broiled the chicken instead of grilling because it was too cold and snowy outside. The spice rub was delicious! The chicken breasts were juicy and the chipotle cream was wonderful.

We all enjoyed this very simple dinner much more than we would have predicted.

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Wonderful pumpkin bread with typical pumpkin pie spices. Full of flavor and very moist. Makes 2 large loaves. Freezes well.

Also makes 24 very large muffins.

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This recipe was a little more involved than I had bargained for but that was completely my own fault for not reading the recipe all the way through before starting.

First of all, the recipe calls for pumpkin pie spice which I refuse to buy on principle. This meant I had to look up a recipe for pumpkin pie spice so I'd get the ratios correct. Later, I realized that the recipe called for melted and cooled butter as well as separated eggs with beaten egg whites. None of these were problematic on their own but while trying to fry bacon and get the rest of the recipe together, they threw me for a loop.

After I made the first 12 pancakes and they were rather flat, I took another look at the recipe and realized I left out the baking powder. I then added half the amount called for to the rest of the recipe.

Even with all these little problems, the pancakes were delicious. They had a nice, moist fruity flavor. The pumpkin lovers loved them while the haters were not so fond. We added chocolate chips to the pancakes because pumpkin and chocolate go so well together.

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