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From: Boomer, NC USA

Joined: January 3rd, 2010

About me: I collect cookbooks and love to cook and try new recipes. I tested recipes for Leite's Culinaria for almost eight years. I learned to cook from many good southern cooks including my Mom, Dad, several Aunts and my Grandmothers. My children and husband also like to cook and try new foods and recipes. My son still lives with us but our daughter is married. She often visits to cook with me. We are adventuresome eaters willing to try new things.

Bourbon Roasted Pork Loin from Everyday Dorie: The Way I Cook

This was delicious. I know she says in the book not to use the good bourbon but all I had was Woodford Reserve so that's what I used. I marinated for about 8 hours in fridge. Loved the apples and onions... read more >

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Cooking Light
(May, 2011)

These were easy to mix up and moist and delicious. Not overly sweet but very satisfying. I did omit the pistachios since I didn't have any on hand. They were great without them but I'm sure they would also be good with. The chai tea gives them a great flavor. I'll make these healthy gems again.

I baked mine in a silicone muffin pan and didn't spray or oil the muffin wells. They came out perfectly.

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This is a beautiful salad on the plate and tastes as good as it looks. I made this one for hubby, daughter and I. We divided it three ways since son-in-law doesn't eat many of these ingredients (fixed him something else).
Instead of chicken and hard boiled eggs, which is traditional in Cobb salad, this one uses shrimp and corn instead. I substituted Roma tomatoes for the cherry tomatoes since cherry tomatoes were very expensive and Roma were on sale. Wonderful supper for a warm day. You only need the stove long enough to fry the bacon and sauté the shrimp. I'll be making this one again.

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These are great light and airy muffins with a wonderful summery citrus flavor. I had never thought of using ricotta in muffins but they are great in these. You get a nice crunch from the turbinado sugar sprinkled on top. Since the recipe calls for 2 tablespoons of the sugar and there are 12 muffins I sprinkled 1/2 teaspoon on top of each muffin. If you like lemon desserts then you should try this one.

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