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From: Soesterberg, Utr Netherlands

Joined: September 24th, 2009

About me: I love cooking, I love eating, I love discovering new recipes. I have so many cookbooks I sometimes lose track of which recipe is where - though this site helps a bit. I have gone low-carb in 2010, so that's different recipes to explore again. This also means I may not agree with my own reviews anymore if they were written in 2009 or before. ------------------ I have a lovely husband and ten-year old twins who also love eating. ----------------- You can also find me on LibraryThing, BookMooch and EatYourBooks, using the same handle.

Favorite cookbook: The Complete Meze Table by Rosamond Man

Favorite recipe: Melissa Clark's Roasted Broccoli with Shrimp

Daond Pasha (Meatballs with Pine Nuts and Tomatoes) from The Complete Meze Table

The meatballs were very tasty, but I did not really like putting all the pine nuts together - it made for fussy cooking and I think I would prefer finding a pine nut here and there instead of finding them... read more >

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7 recipe(s) reviewed. Showing 1 to 7Sort by: Title | Date | Rating

Pretend Soup: And Other Real Recipes

By Mollie Katzen, Ann Henderson
Ten Speed Press - 1994

Very pink, quite tasty. After making this once, my kids keep pestering me to make it again. You have been warned.

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Almost too easy, very tasty.

I used half unsweetened cocoa half sugar (because I never have sweetened cocoa and I wasn't going to buy it for this recipe).

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These muffins are good, and my children loved making and eating them.

You do need quite small strawberries if you really want them to disappear into the muffin.

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This is sure to become a lunchtime staple. So simple, all store-cupboard ingredients, delicious, and my daughter loves making them.

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Review by Madelief (age 6, she typed it herself):
ik vond de fruit-soep lekkerder dan heerlijk.
(I thought the fruit soup was better than delicious.)

We used pomegranate seeds instead of berries.

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Madelief (6) says: jammie!!! (yummy :-) )

This was a lovely idea, the children could choose from lots of options so there were plenty of nice ones. A relaxed summer lunch or dinner. Also great when you have people with conflicting diets around. It looks good too, and it's very substitution-friendly. I used: lettuce, grated carrot, julienned bell pepper, diced tomato, sliced cucumber, croutons, cubed aged cheese, bacon bits. I did not add the apple juice to the dressing.
I still want to try: other vegetables (including raw cauliflower), mozzarella, nuts, green herbs, curried dressing.

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Not my favorite way of preparing zucchini. The addition of both butter and water, and the lack of herbs are the main culprits.
However, letting the children help with slicing (with a blunt knife) and with adding cheese were good ideas.

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