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ki1244 rated and reviewed the recipe Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Fajitas
Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Fajitas
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"Had chops on hand, so threw those in instead of a roast, but only cooked for 2ish hours...and just, no. I could see where the flavors might work for a different cut, but this just wound up soupy and very tough. It was also REALLY REALLY salty. I thought about trying it again with a roast instead, but honestly, there are so many better uses of that meat -- and I could probably eat a bowl of straight salt with less sodium -- so will probably pass on a second attempt."
Posted on 5/20/2013
ki1244 rated and reviewed the recipe Lasagna Cupcakes
Lasagna Cupcakes
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"Made a few swaps for what was readily available (1 can garlic and herb pasta sauce, actual sweet Italian pork sausage rather than the soy crumbles, two wonton wrappers for the bottom potsticker wrapper) but still came out great. Very portable and tasty, and surprisingly filling. Just make sure to spray the muffin tin with nonstick spray, and if you can't find potsticker wrappers, the wonton ones worked fine (just put two in the bottom and used one for the middle to separate layers). I couldn't get all three layers to fit in the muffin tin (so it went wrapper-sauce/sausage-cheese-wrapper-cheese-sauce/sausage-topping), so the ingredients stretched to make 18 cupcakes instead of 12. Nice surprise there. I had made these to take to a family that just had a baby, and they worked great -- and I had plenty of leftovers that I individually froze to bring to work for lunch! Great recipe, and great base idea that can be swapped out with other ingredients (maybe a BBQ beef with peppers and cheddar, or taco-seasoned chicken?) to give you a bunch of variations."
Posted on 5/6/2013
ki1244 rated and reviewed the recipe Banana Split Cupcakes
Banana Split Cupcakes
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"SO good and so easy. I wound up with a little more than a cup of banana, and so put the extra banana in the measuring cup and filled it the rest of the way with the oil. It was a little dry, so added a splash more water to compensate. The cupcakes came out great - very moist, although I ended up getting 60 from this recipe. I also used less frosting, and instead of getting the canned strawberry kind, I just pureed a few strawberries with the remaining canned vanilla one. Worked great, and tasted a little fresher. Overall, definitely a cute keeper that's not too terribly difficult!"
Posted on 5/6/2013
ki1244 rated and reviewed the recipe Gluten Free Skillet Chicken Divan
Gluten Free Skillet Chicken Divan
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"Whoa, not good...my chicken was completely raw on the inside after 10 minutes (wound up cutting the breasts in half and cooking them in a different skillet for another 10 minutes) -- maybe it was too thick, I don't know. Very mustard-y, too, which sadly the fiance doesn't like, so the broccoli-rice mix was lost on him. It was easy enough to make, but desperately needed more flavor."
Posted on 4/8/2013
ki1244 rated and reviewed the recipe Greek Chicken with Yogurt Sauce
Greek Chicken with Yogurt Sauce
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"HELLO! This was so easy but really good. I used about twice the cinnamon it called for, as well as a light dusting of cumin, and went once around the pan with a drizzle of EVOO instead of vegetable oil. Also used nonfat plain Greek yogurt and added a dash of garlic powder to the yogurt sauce -- I feel like regular yogurt would be really runny once the cucumber is added -- and made that the night before in about five minutes before heading to bed, to let the flavors blend. I served this alongside the Confetti Quinoa Salad recipe also on here, which paired very well with it. My normally semi-picky fiance (who claims to dislike Greek food) asked for seconds, and finished off the leftovers the next day. Definitely an easy weeknight meal we'll be having again!"
Posted on 3/28/2013

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Posted 5/20/2013 10:53:45 AM REPORT ABUSE
Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Fajitas
Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Fajitas
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Had chops on hand, so threw those in instead of a roast, but only cooked for 2ish hours...and just, no. I could see where the flavors might work for a different cut, but this just wound up soupy and very tough. It was also REALLY REALLY salty. I thought about trying it again with a roast instead, but honestly, there are so many better uses of that meat -- and I could probably eat a bowl of straight salt with less sodium -- so will probably pass on a second attempt.
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Posted 5/6/2013 12:31:40 PM REPORT ABUSE
Lasagna Cupcakes
Lasagna Cupcakes
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Made a few swaps for what was readily available (1 can garlic and herb pasta sauce, actual sweet Italian pork sausage rather than the soy crumbles, two wonton wrappers for the bottom potsticker wrapper) but still came out great. Very portable and tasty, and surprisingly filling. Just make sure to spray the muffin tin with nonstick spray, and if you can't find potsticker wrappers, the wonton ones worked fine (just put two in the bottom and used one for the middle to separate layers). I couldn't get all three layers to fit in the muffin tin (so it went wrapper-sauce/sausage-cheese-wrapper-cheese-sauce/sausage-topping), so the ingredients stretched to make 18 cupcakes instead of 12. Nice surprise there. I had made these to take to a family that just had a baby, and they worked great -- and I had plenty of leftovers that I individually froze to bring to work for lunch! Great recipe, and great base idea that can be swapped out with other ingredients (maybe a BBQ beef with peppers and cheddar, or taco-seasoned chicken?) to give you a bunch of variations.
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Posted 5/6/2013 12:25:02 PM REPORT ABUSE
Banana Split Cupcakes
Banana Split Cupcakes
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SO good and so easy. I wound up with a little more than a cup of banana, and so put the extra banana in the measuring cup and filled it the rest of the way with the oil. It was a little dry, so added a splash more water to compensate. The cupcakes came out great - very moist, although I ended up getting 60 from this recipe. I also used less frosting, and instead of getting the canned strawberry kind, I just pureed a few strawberries with the remaining canned vanilla one. Worked great, and tasted a little fresher. Overall, definitely a cute keeper that's not too terribly difficult!
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Posted 4/8/2013 5:00:35 PM REPORT ABUSE
Gluten Free Skillet Chicken Divan
Gluten Free Skillet Chicken Divan
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Whoa, not good...my chicken was completely raw on the inside after 10 minutes (wound up cutting the breasts in half and cooking them in a different skillet for another 10 minutes) -- maybe it was too thick, I don't know. Very mustard-y, too, which sadly the fiance doesn't like, so the broccoli-rice mix was lost on him. It was easy enough to make, but desperately needed more flavor.
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Posted 3/28/2013 9:25:12 AM REPORT ABUSE
Greek Chicken with Yogurt Sauce
Greek Chicken with Yogurt Sauce
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HELLO! This was so easy but really good. I used about twice the cinnamon it called for, as well as a light dusting of cumin, and went once around the pan with a drizzle of EVOO instead of vegetable oil. Also used nonfat plain Greek yogurt and added a dash of garlic powder to the yogurt sauce -- I feel like regular yogurt would be really runny once the cucumber is added -- and made that the night before in about five minutes before heading to bed, to let the flavors blend. I served this alongside the Confetti Quinoa Salad recipe also on here, which paired very well with it. My normally semi-picky fiance (who claims to dislike Greek food) asked for seconds, and finished off the leftovers the next day. Definitely an easy weeknight meal we'll be having again!
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Posted 3/28/2013 8:47:50 AM REPORT ABUSE
Confetti Quinoa Salad
Confetti Quinoa Salad
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I have a semi-picky fiance who is a little afraid of foods he doesn't readily recognize, so I was a little apprehensive of this -- but boy, was that misplaced! Very pretty, very flavorful, and very refreshing salad. Gave it four spoons because as is, I'm sure it would be fine, but it took on a lot of the Greek dressing flavor and the rest kind of got lost in that (I used the Wishbone Greek vinaigrette...a little less caloric than many out there -- gotta shave off what I can!). So I added a shake or two of oregano and garlic powder and a few healthy squirts of my bottle-o-lemon, and also only used half the feta that it called for since that was all that was left in the container. I think fresh mint would be delicious in this also -- may try that another day. Served this alongside the Greek chicken with yogurt sauce on here (which is also very good). I let it sit in the fridge for about two hours, but it was even better the next day -- so if you can make it the day before you plan to serve it, it's worth the prep. Give it a try!
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Posted 10/30/2012 10:41:28 AM REPORT ABUSE
Impossibly Easy Mini Crab Cake Pies
Impossibly Easy Mini Crab Cake Pies
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Made these last night with a couple tweaks -- I used frozen stirfry bell peppers and onions (once they were warm, I used my Pampered Chef food chopper to get them to smaller pieces and then threw them back in the skillet with the crab) and doubled the seasoning (used Old Bay) in both the crab cakes and the aioli. I came up a little short on the baking mixture for 12 of them, but no matter -- they were still shockingly awesome. I'm a midwesterner who wouldn't know good crab from ground sawdust, but my Bostonian fiance told me the recipe was a keeper, so I'll trust his word on that. Super flavorful and not hard to make at all. Just a heads up, though (and why I'm knocking it down a spoon) - the serving size was fine for me (an active 28-year-old) but the fiance went through four of them, so if you're feeding hungry guys, two little cakes isn't going to cut it. Otherwise, fantastic, and will definitely be making it again!
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