Milk_Maid's Profile

From: Davenport, FL USA

Joined: March 24th, 2011

About me: I grew up in a home with a dad who did most of the cooking but rarely used recipes. Many a time I've had to call him and ask, "Dad, how do you make...?" My mom, who cooked mainly when my dad was out of town, taught me the very useful breakfast-for-dinner trick, which I still use today when I'm cooking solo. I tend to favor recipes with budget-friendly ingredients and pantry staples. I have a hard time buying a specialized item that I will only use once, and will usually pass over a recipe requiring such a purchase. I'm also not above substituting for or eliminating a recipe component if I don't have it on hand. Most hated ingredient: bell peppers.

Favorite cookbook: The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook

Favorite recipe: Old-Fashioned Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup


Latest review:

February 20th, 2012

Black Bean Quinoa Salad with Basil Lemon Dressing from My Recipes

This recipe made enough salad to feed an army. Luckily, with a bit of doctoring, it was also quite tasty. I substituted butter beans, since I don't care for limas, but otherwise followed the recipe closely.... read more >


recipe reviews (31)
book reviews (1)
useful review votes (24)

Milk_Maid's Bookshelf

25 book(s). Click the title of a book to start adding your recipe and book reviews.

TitleTagsRatings & Reviews

Arab Cooking (Cookery)

By Alberto (series editor) Andreini
PC Publishing - 2001


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Better Homes and Gardens Fondue and Tabletop Cooking

By Mayo Clinic, J. A. Leo Lemay, Tasha Tudor, Robin Matthews, Tom Carpenter, Bill Lindner, Cooking Club of America, Tom Carpenter, Phil Aarestad, Cooking Club of America, Gerald Knox, Better Homes and Gardens Books, Nancy Morton, Joyce Trollope
Meredith Corporation - 1970


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

Cake Mix Bible Cookbook

By Louis Editor Weber
Publications International - 2005


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Cast-Iron Cooking: From Johnnycakes to Blackened Redfish

By A. D. Livingston
Lyons Press - 1991


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Chicken for Dinner (Williams-Sonoma Lifestyles , Vol 2)

By Heidi Haughy Cusick, Chuck Williams, Richard Eskite, Oxmoor House, Kelly Hooper Troiano, Donna Baldone, Terri Laschober, Elizabeth Tyler Luckett, Kristi Carter, Nicole L. Faber, Katheleen Royal Phillips, Jan A. Smith, Elise Weis, Jennifer Darling, Doris E
Time-Life Books - 1998


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook

By Editors at America's Test Kitchen
Cook's Illustrated - 2009


(52 recipe reviews)
owned by 19 my recipe reviews 14 book review

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne
Random House Value Publishing - 1992


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

The Enchanted Broccoli Forest...and Other Timeless Delicacies

By Mollie Katzen
Ten Speed Press - 1982


(6 recipe reviews)
owned by 23 my recipe reviews 0

The Essential Vegetarian Cookbook: Your Guide to the Best Foods on Earth

By Diana Shaw, Kathy Warriner
Clarkson Potter - 1997


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 0

Fields of Greens: New Vegetarian Recipes From The Celebrated Greens Restaurant

By Annie Somerville
Bantam - 1993


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 38 my recipe reviews 0

Healthy Heart Cookbook (American Medical Association)

By American Medical Association, Cheryl Forberg
American Medical Association - 2004


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

High Flavor, Low Labor: Reinventing Weeknight Cooking

By J.M. Hirsch
Ballantine Books - 2010


(86 recipe reviews)
owned by 21 my recipe reviews 0

It's All American Food: The Best Recipes for More than 400 New American Classics

By David Rosengarten
Little, Brown and Company - 2005


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 19 my recipe reviews 0

The Low-Fat Good Food Cookbook: For a Lifetime of Fabulous Food

By Martin Katahn, Terri Katahn
W. W. Norton & Company - 1994


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Moosewood Cookbook

By Mollie Katzen
Ten Speed Press - 1992


(83 recipe reviews)
owned by 157 my recipe reviews 2

My Mexico: A Culinary Odyssey with More Than 300 Recipes

By Diana Kennedy
Clarkson Potter - 1998


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

One Pot (Mini Cooking)

By Parragon
Parragon Inc - 2010


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

Quick and Natural Rice Dishes: The 75 Most Popular Recipes from 20 Years of East West Natural Health

By East West Natural Health
East West Health Books - 1992


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Rival Crock-Pot Clow Cooker Cuisine

By Rival Manufacturing Company
- 1995


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Silver Palate Cook Book

By Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins
Ebury Press - 1985


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 29 my recipe reviews 1

Soup Bowl

By Sumi Glass
Parragon Inc - 2007


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Southern Living Cookbook

By Lee Faber, Tom Spain, Michael Shohl, Publications International, Chris Magadini, Joe Charnoski, Chuck Williams, Kristi Fuller, Susan Carlisle Payne
Oxmoor House Inc - 1987


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0