Leeka

Site improvements & suggestions
Thanks for reminding me about the ingredients tab. I must remember to start doing that. It's especially helpful in recreating recipes from books that I borrow from the library.

Comment by Leeka September 2012 permalink
Healthy / Lo-Cal Challenge Ideas
Thanks, Andrew! I didn't do much cooking over the summer apart from some very simple staples so I look forward to trying lots of great new recipes.

Comment by Leeka September 2012 permalink
Healthy / Lo-Cal Challenge Ideas
I'm just checking in to see if the challenge has started. I assumed it had and cooked two recipes from Martha Rose Shulman's The Very Best of Recipes for Health. Oh well, hopefully it will start soon. It seems to be a lovely cookbook!

Comment by Leeka September 2012 permalink
Healthy / Lo-Cal Challenge Ideas
Just checking in and happy to see this thread. I'm game for a healthy cooking challenge too and will check the library for some of her books.

Comment by Leeka August 2012 permalink
Email notifications
Oh great! Thanks, Andrew. I'll check it out!

Comment by Leeka April 2012 permalink
Email notifications
Andrew, if you still need testers, I'm willing to participate as well.

Comment by Leeka April 2012 permalink
Question for bread bakers ...
Peckish Sister, I have friend who just joined cookbooker who uses a bread machine regularly. I'll ask her to comment.

Comment by Leeka December 2011 permalink
Holiday Challenge 2011: The Pie and Pastry Bible
Mmmmm pie! Something new to tackle. I'm a little afraid of pastry myself so this should be fun.

Comment by Leeka November 2011 permalink
Future Challenges
Thanks for the heads up about the potato pizza! I'll check it out. :-) We love to make homemade pizza too.

Comment by Leeka November 2011 permalink
How do you start a cookbook club?
I think it sounds like a great idea too! It's too bad we all live so far apart because the members who participate here would be perfect candidates for a cookbook club.

Comment by Leeka October 2011 permalink
Future Challenges
I'm glad to hear there are many good vegetable recipes. I've ordered my copy from the library and can't wait to take a look.

Comment by Leeka September 2011 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
Andrew, I think it would be extremely useful if we could organize, sort or tag our indexed recipes in some way. I have so many recipes indexed that it's difficult to find things. I would really appreciate any work in that area. I know you al…

Comment by Leeka September 2011 permalink
Future Challenges
Great! Thanks Andrew. It was just a spontaneous idea and one that a lot of members could participate in with multiple books. It's fun to do both types of challenges.

Comment by Leeka September 2011 permalink
Future Challenges
Mmmm potatoes! Sounds like a good time. We could do a potato challenge sometime or maybe I'm just crazy?

Comment by Leeka September 2011 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
That's a great idea!

Comment by Leeka August 2011 permalink
New Challenge: Summer Grilling
Thanks for the info on grill pans! I've always wanted one of those.

Comment by Leeka July 2011 permalink
my personal cookbooker challenge
Beet salad sounds good. I'll go and look that one up. Jayme, sure! We can do a house swap. I'll take a BC summer over an Ontario summer any day! It's a sweltering 37 degrees today and with the humidex its 58!

Comment by Leeka July 2011 permalink
New Challenge: Summer Grilling
I'm sorry I can't participate in this one as we don't own a barbecue!

Comment by Leeka July 2011 permalink
Future Challenges
Mmmm, anything to do with cake and I am in! Cake is my favourite thing. I'd have to sub out the dairy but I'm up for the challenge.

Comment by Leeka July 2011 permalink
my personal cookbooker challenge
Jayme, I will continue to plug away at it. I've been really busy lately but have several recipes bookmarked to try. It's been so hot here that I haven't wanted to do any elaborate cooking.

Comment by Leeka July 2011 permalink
Future Challenges
That's a great idea Jayme! And it could incorporate so many foods. I'm just waiting for some fresh peaches.....

Comment by Leeka July 2011 permalink
New Feature: Recipe Tags
Sounds great! I'll go and see how this works.

Comment by Leeka July 2011 permalink
Tips and Tricks of the Trade
I don't peel it anymore when I freeze it. I used to do the peel with a spoon trick when I had fresh ginger but I've never actually peeled it and then frozen it. I agree with Jayme that you won't notice if it's not peeled if yo…

Comment by Leeka July 2011 permalink
my personal cookbooker challenge
Jayme, I've made a few of the dessert recipes and they were all great. Thanks for adding all your reviews! I just read through them and it's helping me plan what I want to try. I think people will just cook whatever recipes intere…

Comment by Leeka June 2011 permalink
Tips and Tricks of the Trade
What a great thread full of fantastic tips! Andrew, I love your oven preheating information as well as the parchment paper under the pizza. I bought a pizza stone and after failing to transfer my pizza to the stone the first time without creatin…

Comment by Leeka June 2011 permalink
my personal cookbooker challenge
@Queezle Sister, no problem! We look forward to your return. I tend to like this author's dessert recipes but I'm trying to keep a handle on my sweet tooth so I'll try and explore other parts of the book. @kateq, great! I can&#…

Comment by Leeka June 2011 permalink
Tips and Tricks of the Trade
BethNH, you sound like a very tidy cook! I'm always wiping up big piles of cocoa and flour from my countertops. That's a great idea.

Comment by Leeka June 2011 permalink
my personal cookbooker challenge
Great! It will be so great to have Jayme and BethNH joining us too! I look forward to cooking a few more recipes from the book this weekend.

Comment by Leeka June 2011 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
Thanks Andrew!

Comment by Leeka June 2011 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
Andrew, I can't remember where you're at in terms of your to-dos for the site with regards to having some more folders or sub-folders for saving recipes. I would like to have the ability to separate my saved recipes into different catego…

Comment by Leeka June 2011 permalink

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