Wednesday, November 30, 2011

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 30

NOVEMBER 30                 APPLE PIE PANCAKES                      PAGE 38

THESE PANCAKES WERE REALLY GOOD !!!!!!!!!!!!I WOULD NEXT TIME USE MORE RAISINS.THEY WASN'T AS FLUFFY AS I THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ,BUT STILL TASTY !!!I GIVE THIS ONE A 9


                                HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                299 RECIPES TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

NOVEMBER 29  WOLFFIE'S FIESTA MACARONI BEAN SALAD P.73
                              CREAMY FIESTA DRESSING P.91

                         
THIS WAS REALLY GOOD.I LIKED THE BEANS ADDED TO THE MACARONI SALAD .
I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ADD BEANS TO RECIPES FOR MORE FIBER IN THE DIET.THIS COMBINATION WAS VERY TASTY .I WILL DEFINITELY BE MAKING THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN I RATE THIS ONE A 10 +

                                                           HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!
                                                            300 RECIPES TO GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, November 28, 2011

NOVEMBER 28                            DANICA'S POPCORN BALLS                 P.65

THESE WERE VERY ,VERY ,VERY GOOD!!!!!!!!
CAN YOU TELL I LIKED THEM ?  SUPER EASY ! ! I ATE ONE WHILE IT WAS WARM I JUST COULDN'T WAIT ! HAHA   I WLL BE MAKING THESE AGAIN SOON ,10+

HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!
302 RECIPES TO GO !!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, November 27, 2011

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27

NOVEMBER 27                    EMILY'S MEAT LOAF                    PAGE 166

THIS RECIPE LOOKED AND SMELLED LIKE MEAT LOAF .THE TASTE WAS REALLY GOOD !MINE TURNED OUT A LITTLE TO MOIST .COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE DRYER .MY MOM AND HUSBAND LIKED IT .MAYBE I AM TO PICKY .I GIVE THIS MEAT LOAF A  9!!!
  
                                   HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                    303 RCIPES TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, November 26, 2011

NOVEMBER 26       ROASTED CARROT COCONUT SOUP     P.112


THIS WAS DELICIOUS !!!!!!I KEPT GOING BACK FOR MORE TILL IT WAS ALL GONE !!
THIS WAS ON AND OFF DURING THE DAY [ADDICTIVE ] TO SAY THE LEAST .THEN I GOT THE COCONUT  CAN BACK OUT AND WAS READING THE CALORIES ..WOW ...NO WONDER I LIKED IT SO MUCH .1 CAN HAS MORE THAN 500 HUNDRED CALORIES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   I BLENDED ALL OF MINE BECAUSE I LIKED IT REAL CREAMY .
[LIKED IT TO GOOD]     OF COURSE I GIVE THIS SOUP A 10  .ONLY 1 CUP OF THIS NEXT TIME FOR ME !!!!!!!!!!

                                                HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!
                                                 304 RECIPES TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                               THIS WAS THE SASSY SANDWICH BREADS P.271  KELLY ADDED FOR SOMETHING EXTRA TO GO WITH OUR CHALLENGE.IT TURNED OUT REALLY GOOD .IT DID MAKE GOOD SANDWICHES TOO .NOTHING LIKE HOME MADE BREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, November 25, 2011

NOVEMBER 25 MAMA MAYHEM'S PERFECTLY EASY NO BAKE COOKIES P. 220

SEEMS TO ME WE HAVE ALREADY DONE A COOKIE RECIPE LIKE THIS ONE [MAYBE NOT ] THESE WERE OKAY .I KINDA AGREE WITH KELLY THE TEXTURE WAS A  LITTLE WEIRD.  I ADDED A WALNUT ON TOP OF EACH ONE FOR A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA..I GIVE THESE A 8
 
                                              HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!
                                             305 RECIPES TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, November 24, 2011

NOVEMBER 24
  SHOOK'N'COOK ZUCCHINI P.57 AND SHOOK'N' COOK BREADING P.56

THESE WERE GOOD BUT I KELLY'S ADVICE ON THE SALT AND CUT IT IN HALF .THANK YOU KELLY GLAD I DID THEY WERE PLENTY SALTY.THE RECIPE SAID TO CUT THE ZUCCHINI IN WEDGES ,BUT I WILL NEXT TIME CUT THEM IN CIRCLES [LIKE I WOULD NORMALLY DO] THEY WERE TO HARD TO TURN TO GET ALL SIDES BROWN.THE FLAVOR OF THESE WERE REALLY TASTY.


FAUX TURKEY P.289

THIS IS MY GLUTEN FAUX TURKEY .IT DID SMELL LIKE TURKEY WHEN IT WAS COOKING


THIS IS MY FAUX TURKEY  I MADE FOR THANKSGIVING
THE GLUTEN TURKEY WAS CUT UP IN SMALL PIECES AND PUT IN A STUFFING. THAT IS WHAT THE TURKEY IS MADE UP OF INSIDE .THE OUT SIDE IS PUFFED PASTRY .THE WHOLE THING IS BAKED FOR 25 MINUTES AND BASTED WITH KETCHUP AND WATER MIXTURE !!!  SUPER YUMMY !!!

CRANBERRY SAUCE     P.299

THIS WAS VERY GOOD .I LIKED THE WALNUTS BUT MY HUSBAND DIDN'T SO  NEXT TIME I MIGHT HAVE TO LEAVE THEM OUT [WE'LL SEE] HAHA

   HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
306 RECIPES TO GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

NOVEMBER 23             ADAM'S BLACK BEAN & CORN SALAD           PAGE 74

I LIKED THIS SALAD A LITTLE TART BUT STILL TASTY .SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF OIL TO ME .BUT MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE I BEEN READING DR,NEAL BARNARD'S BOOKS AND OIL IS NOT TO GOOD FOR THE BODY'S SYSTEM AND THE WAIST LINE .I MADE ONE OF HIS BLACK BEAN SALADS WITHOUT THE OIL AND IT WAS JUST AS GOOD AS THIS ONE .WELL SO MUCH FOR THE HEALTH TALK A GIVE THIS RECIPE A 8 .



                       HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

NOVEMBER 22      LINDSEY'S PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES       PAGE 239

THESE JEWELS WERE VERY TASTY.BUT I HAVE TO AGREE WITH KELLY ,THEY TASTED LIKE BANANA MUFFINS TO ME ,AND I USED A MEDIUM BANANA IN MINE .THESE WERE VERY MOIST.NEXT MAYBE MORE PEANUT BUTTER AND LESS BANANA OR THEY NEED TO BE RENAMED .I GIVE THESE A 8 BECAUSE WELL YOU KNOW WHY [NO PEANUT BUTTER TASTE]

                                                   HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!
                                                   311 RECIPES TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                              

MONDAY NOVEMBER 21

NOVEMBER 21           FRENCHIE ONION SOUP       PAGE 101

      
DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I LOVED EVERY THING ABOUT THIS RECIPE THE  TASTE AND TEXTURE WAS SO GOOD .I MADE SOME HOMEMADE FRENCH BREAD TO GO IN THE SOUP AND TO EAT WITH IT .I WILL BE MAKING THIS AGAIN SOON !!I GIVE THIS RECIPE A 10

                                HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                312 RECIPES TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                               

Sunday, November 20, 2011

NOVEMBER 20             BAKED CHILI CORNBREAD BISCUIT TOPPING             PAGE 173

THIS WAS VERY TASTY !!A VERY HARDY MEAL .I WAS SUPRISED HOW MUCH CORNBREAD IT MADE ON THE TOP [THICKNESS]I GIVE THIS A 10


                                  HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                 313 RECIPES TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, November 19, 2011

NOVEMBER 19

NOVEMBER 19     SHARONS BLACK PEPPER COFFEE CAKE    PAGE   249

I LIKED THE STORY ABOUT THE B.P IN THE RECIPE .WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT THE RECIPE I THOUGHT BLACK PEPPER IN CAKE BUT THEN I TOOK TIME TO READ THE HISTORY OF THE TITLE .THIS WAS A EXCELLENT COFFEE CAKE .VERY MOIST AND CINNAMONY. IT DIDN'T LAST LONG IN MY HOUSE.10 +


                                                    HAPPY  COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                                    314 RECIPES TO GO

Friday, November 18, 2011

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18

NOVEMBER 18         MAMA MAYHEM'S TOFU EXTRAVAGANZA          PAGE 160

THIS RECIPE KINDA SMALLED AND TASTED LIKE TUNA FISH TO MY HUSBAND AND I , WHEN I MIXED IT UP . SO I MADE SOME FRENCH BREAD AND WE ATE IT FOR SANDWICHES .THE ONLY THING MY HUSBAND DIDN'T LIKE THE WALNUTS IN IT AND I HAVE TO AGREE I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER WITH OUT THEM .THIS RECIPE DIDN'T REALLY IMPRESS ME MUCH .IT WILL PROBABLY BE A LONG WHILE BEFORE I MAKE THIS ONE AGAIN I GIVE THIS ONE A 8

                           HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                          315 RECIPES TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

NOVEMBER 17                CUMIN FRIED POTATOES              PAGE 192

I KNEW THESE WERE GOING TO BE GOOD ,SO I DOUBLED THE RECIPE AND I AM GLAD I DID .IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR THIS DISH TO DISAPPEAR .YOU JUST CAN'T GO WRONG WITH FRIED POTATOES AND PEAS AND THE CUMIN TASTE GREAT ON THEM .THIS WILL BE A REGULAR IN MY HOUSE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!10 +

                                    HAPPY COOKIN EVRYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                    316 RECIPES TO  GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

NOVEMBER 16                   FRUITY-FRUIT SQUARES     PAGE 215

THESE WERE PRETTY GOOD .MINE WAS ALITTLE TART .I USED PEACHES AND STRAWBERRYS FOR MY FROZEN FRUIT. .THEY DID COME OUT THE PAN LIKE BARS [I WAS A LITTLE SUPRISED].I LEFT THEM IN THE REFRIGERATOR FOR A WHILE BEFORE I CUT THEM IN BARS ,MAYBE THAT HELPED TOO.I GIVE THESE A 9


                                       HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

NOVEMBER 15

NOVEMBER 15     CINNAMON-SPICED ROASTED VEGGIES WITH COUSCOUS   PAGE 139

DELICIOUS !!!!!!!!!! I WILL DEFIANTLY BE ROASTING THESE VEGGIES AGAIN SOON !!!THEY JUST MELT IN YOUR MOUTH WITH ALL THE YUMMY SPICES.JUST THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF SPICE .I AM GLAD I DOUBLED THE RECIPE .10 +


                                              HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                               318 RECIPES TO GO

           

Monday, November 14, 2011

NOVEMBER 14

NOVEMBER 14                        HOT AND SOUR SOUP         PAGE 104


I REALLY LIKED THIS SOUP !!AND MY HUSBAND DID TOO AND THAT REALLY DID SURPRISED ME .ALL THE TEXTURES WENT WELL TOGETHER IN THIS SOUP .I LOVE THE ASIAN CHILI SAUCE,I ALWAYS PUT EXTRA IN THE RECIPE BECAUSE IT REALLY FLAVORS SO WELL IN EVERY RECIPE IT CALLS FOR.I GIVE THIS RECIPE A 10!!!


HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
319 RECIPES TO GO

sunday NOVEMBER 13

NOVEMBER 13  FAUX HAM   PAGE 286 AND BASIC INSTANT GLUTEN PAGE 284


I DECIDES TO FIX THIS FOR BREAKFAST SUNDAY MORNING .I AM NOT A FAN OF GLUTEN RECIPES .FIRST OF ALL IT DOESN'T EVEN RESEMBLE HAM SO .......


 I THOUGHT I WOULD PUT IT ON MY BISCUITS I MADE TO MAKE IT A HAM BISCUIT HAHAHA.IS THERE A TRICK WHEN IT COMES TO SHAPING THESE GLUTEN RECIPES TO MAKE THEM LOOK MORE LIKE WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO REPRESENT???
THE FLAVOR WAS PRETTY GOOD AND THE SMELL OF IT COOKING SORTA DID SMELL LIKE HAM .BUT TEXTURE,  I JUST DON'T CARE FOR .SINCE I'M NOT A GLUTEN FAN I WILL HAVE TO RATE THIS ONE A 7 .

                                                HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                               320 RECIPES  TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, November 12, 2011

NOVEMBER 12

NOVEMBER 12              DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MUFFINS              PAGE 236

THESE WERE DELICIOUS BUT VERY HIGH CALORIE ,I'M SURE WITH 1/2 CUP OF OIL AND 1 CUP OF SUGAR AND 1 CUP OF VEGAN CHOCOLATE CHIPS . ....WOW .
   I WISH I WOULD HAD   CUT THIS RECIPE IN HALF ,BECAUSE ITS ONLY MY HUSBAND AND ME  AND THESE ARE ALOT OF MUFFINS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ACTUALLY THE RECIPE MADE 16 MUFFINS INSTEAD OF 12 .  FOR ME ANY WAY.

                                      HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                      321 RECIPES TO GO

NOVEMBER 11

NOVEMBER 11                              PUNK-KIN PASTA            PAGE 128

I THOUGHT THIS WAS PRETTY GOOD TO HAVE PUMKIN IN IT .THE VEGAN SAUAGE MADE IT A LITTLE SPICY [WHICH I LIKE ] .I LIKE TRYING NEW THINGS INNRECIPES AND THIS WAS VERY NEW TO ME USING PUMKIN IN A PASTA DISH .SORTA LOOKED LIKE MAC AND CHEESE



HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
322 RECIPES TO GO

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

november 10

NOVEMBER 10          WOLFFIE'S   DIJON MAPLE DESSING          PAGE 97

VERY TASTY .I LIKED IT ! SO NICE TO MAKE YOUR OWN DRESSING INSTEAD OF  USING THE STORE BOUGHT  KIND .MORE HEALTHIER AND CHEAPER !!!!.AND THESE DRESSING RECIPES CAN BE MADE IN THE TIME IT TAKES TO TAKE THE PLASTIC WRAPPER OFF THE TOP THE STORE BOUGHT ONES .I GIVE THIS QUICK AND EASY RECIPE A 10


                                          HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                          323 RECIPES TO GO

LA DOLCE VEGAN CHALLENGE NOVEMBER 9

NOVEMBER  9   DEBBIE'S PEANUT  BUTTER COCONUT SQUARES   PAGE 203


THESE WERE VERY RICH !!BUT GOOD !!!
MINE WAS A LITTLE CRUMBLY BUT THAT MIGHT BE BECAUSE I MISREAD THE RECIPE AND ADDED 1 CUP TOO MUCH OF THE CRISPY RICE CEREAL .BUT THEY STILL WERE VERY TASTY TILL THE LAST CRUMB .


HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
334 RECIPES TO GO

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

NOVEMBER 8

NOVEMBER 8                      CURRY  ALMOND BURGERS                       PAGE 160



I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO LIKE THESE .BUT THEY WERE REALLY GOOD .THE FLAVOR WAS REALLY GOOD.THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAD WAS GETTING THEM TO STICK TOGETHER TO FRY THEM LIKE A BURGER .THEY WANTED TO CRUMBLE TO PIECES.ANYONE ELSE HAVE THAT PROBLEM?

             
                                     HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                     325 RECIPES TO GO

Monday, November 7, 2011

La Dolce Vegan Challenge November 7



NOVEMBER 7                              VEGGIE GOULASH                     PAGE 140



THIS RECIPE WAS VERY FILLING .I DID ADD SOME OF THE ASIAN CHILI GARLIC SAUCE TO IT AFTER I TASTED IT .I USED BROWN RICE FOR MY GRAIN OF CHOICE.I COOK SOME BABY CARROTS TO GO WITH IT .THE BEANS GAVE IT A  GOOD TEXTURE TO THE GOULASH .IT SAID IT MADE 2 LARGE SERVINGS ,BUT I HAD ALOT LEFT OVER .I  GIVE THIS RECIPE  A  9  AND A 10 AFTER I ADDED THE ASIAN CHILI GARLIC SAUCE TO IT .

HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
336 RECIPES TO GO
 


Saturday, November 5, 2011

NOVEMBER 4

NOVEMBER 4                                  SEAWEED SOUP                 PAGE 104

I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD LKIE THIS BUT I RELLY DID .I ATE IT ALL .SEAWEED HAS ALOT OF GOOD HEALTH BENFITS .I WILL BE MAKING THIS AGAIN.THE SOBA NOODLES WERE GOOD TOO

                                                                   HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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La Dolce Vegan Challenge November 3

NOVEMBER 3                    MAPLE STREUSEL MUFFINS                 PAGE 237


I DECIDED TO DO 6 HEART SHAPE MUFFINS INSTEAD OF 12 SMALL MUFFINS .THESE WERE VERY MOIST .THE TOP WAS A LITTLE CRUMBLY AND MESSY WHEN YOU BITE INTO THEM .THE FLAVOR WAS EXCELLENT.I COULD DEFINITELY TASTE THE MAPLE SYRUP IN THEM .I GIVE THESE MUFFINS A 9

                                    HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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november 2

NOVEMBER 2             VEGAN GERMAN POTATO SALAD                              PAGE 89

THIS WAS A TASTY RECIPE I HAVE NEVER TASTED GERMAN POTATO SALAD BEFORE SO I HAD NOTHING TO RATE THIS RECIPE WITH.I DID ADD A TOUCH MORE SUGAR THAN THE RECIPE CALLED FOR BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE TO SOUR FOR MY TASTE.



                                                            HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                                             329 RECIPES TO GO

La Dolce Vegan Challenge November 1

NOVEMBER 1         MATTHEWS SPICY TOMATO  PEANUT & KALE  PASTA         PAGE 134


THIS WAS A GOOD RECIPE TO USE KALE IN .I HAVE NEVER COOKED KALE IN TOMATO JUICE ,BUT DON'T KNOCK IT TILL YOU TRY IT !!!!!IT WAS DELICIOUS!!!I PUT SOME EXTRA ASIAN CHILI-GARLIC SAUCE IN THE RECIPE .I DIDN'T REALLY TASTE THE PEANUT BUTTER IN THIS DISH.THIS WAS A PRETTY HEALTHY DISH .NEXT TIME I WILL USE WHOLE WHEAT PASTA .I GIVE THIS RECIPE A 9.



HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
330 RECIPES TO GO

La Dolce Vegan Challenge October31

OCTOBER 31                   APPLE   CINNAMON  GRANOLA                             PAGE 47



THIS WAS A NICE RECIPE BUT FOR SOME REASON THE DRIED APPLES WANTED TO BURN WHILE IT WAS IN THE OVEN  AND I DID STIR EVERY 10 MINUTES  .DID ANYONE HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE? I LIKED THE GRANOLA WE DID ON OCTOBER 8 [THE OIL FREE GRANOLA ]THE BEST MORE HEALTHIER AND TASTED BETTER TO ME .BUT IT MAY BE THE BURNT APPLE THAT I HAD TO PICK OUT .AND THOSE DRIED APPLES AREN'T CHEAP EITHER!!!!
I PUT IN A GLASS WITH SOME SOY YOGURT .YUMMY!!!I GIVE RECIPE A 8



HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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