About me

I'm 42, love to cook, spend time with friends and I adore my 2 dogs, Rylie and Rocky and my Nephew dog Putter. My partner and I are home bodies and love to spend time planning and creating our "home".

How I learned to cook

Mostly from my Mom but the more I cooked the more I loved to experiment and try various dishes. Love to watch the "cooking channel".

Other interests

Sketching, computer graphics,photography, snowshoeing, the outdoors, spending time with friends and taking my dogs for long walks/hikes

Favorite cookbooks

Too many to list

Favorite restaurants

Bin 941, Cin Cin, Umberto's, Miko Sushi

Favorite ethnic foods

Japanese, Indian & Italian

Favorite meals

chicken caesar salad, lasagna, my turkey meatloaf, vegetarian chili, my Mom's scandinavian sandwiches

Favorite ingredients

tomatoes, sun dried tomatoes, garlic, butter

Evelyn Anderson, Linda Mitchell, Shirley Arponen, Jane Driscoll, Laura Driscoll, Helen Samson, Jeremy Mitchell, Jeremy Crittenden

• Vegetarian Chili
  Submitted on January 24, 2008
• Classic Potato Salad
  Submitted on January 24, 2008
• Sweet 'n' Sour Spareribs
  Submitted on January 20, 2008

• Pork Loin Stuffed with Prunes and Oka
  Prepared for four on February 9, 2008
• White Cheese Chicken Lasagna
  Prepared for four on January 25, 2008

• Pork Loin Stuffed with Prunes and Oka
  

  "Fantastic! Very flavourful! Thoroughly enjoyed"

• White Cheese Chicken Lasagna
  

  "Needed a little bit more "spice" but overall very good"