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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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Dinner: Changing the Game

By Melissa Clark, Eric Wolfinger
Clarkson Potter - 2017

Daughter and I loved these. I couldn't find smoked mozzarella so used regular and added a couple drops of liquid smoke. We ate ours with the optional avocado slices and lime wedges. Omitted the cliantro and added some salsa when we ate them. I made a half recipe for the two of us.

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Son adored this burger without the grilled onions. Daughter and I loved it with the onions and son in law enjoyed it plain. I used my grill pan for this one but know these would be good on the outside grill as well. Instead of just a lb each of ground pork and chorizo I used just over a lb pkg of pork and 19 oz of chorizo.

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While these could easily be an appetizer they are great as a light lunch. The author says great alone as a first course or served with a salad as or alone as a light summery meal. Son, daughter, hubby and I all agreed these were delicious. I used grape tomatoes since they seem to have the most flavor this time of year. I also used frozen corn. Can't wait to make these again at peak tomato and corn season.

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I really loved the combination of Kale, green onions, Kimchi, Fish Sauce, Sake, Brown Sugar and Pork Chops. Hubby and son liked but not near as much as I did. I served it with some leftover cream cheese mashed potatoes.

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While we enjoyed this one we enjoy a similar recipe a bit better. Three cheeses and tomatoes are a nice touch in this recipe as the addition of a bit of sage. I used bacon instead of pancetta as suggested in the book. Pot was a pain to clean though. I failed to get a picture of this dish.

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Made a half recipe for daughter and I for supper one night. I had some Kamut that we've never tried before and decided to use that for the grain. This made for a very filling, beautiful and delicious supper.

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