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   Nora Charles
   

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   Oh my! I spent just about 2 and a half hours making this dish for my dinner and sad to say, its not all that. Good but not great. Drat.

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   blackcat91
   

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   Did you have fun doing it at least? :) I've been there... but in my case it was awful. Turned out to be something I had no taste for at all so luckily my relatives did. Making it was fun, though!

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   Elliott
   

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   I've definitely been there, NC--not fun! What did you make?

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   Nora Charles
   

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   Oh, it is an Eggplant casserole...got the recipe from a fat free vegan website - usually her recipes are quite tasty. Interesting ingredients though...the deal breaker for me was the chick peas...not a big fan so I'm not sure why I included them. Made "creamy" with a mixture of Mori-nu "lite" tofu blended with raw cashews and onion powder. Smells really really good and, as I said earlier, not bad but not great. Other ingredients: orange pepper, onion, celery, parsley, mushrooms, garlic...lots of chopping and mincing...nutritional yeast (my fav) oh, and eggplant and then the dreaded chick peas. Next time - more eggplant and no chick peas. Also, other seasonings. Big night of cooking then cleaning up - dishes galore - I'm exhausted.

   Nighter night to all!

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   Nora Charles
   

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   Oh, and PS...glad I wasn't entertaining...

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   msballard30
   

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   I make really, REALLY great ......... reservations. :-)

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   Anonymous
   

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   Bummer... with the ingredients mentioned, it sure sounded good.

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   blackcat91
   

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   Hahahahaha... the recipe I was talking about was an eggplant casserole as well :)

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   Elliott
   

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   I agree with kohi: the ingredients should have worked. After all that prep and cooking, of course you're tired. Better luck next time, Nora! And MsB, great line!

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    msballard30
    

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    Thanks, Elliott. That's the Domestic Goddess locked up inside me (somewhere ...).

    Posted 3 years ago #
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    BlackSheep
    

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    Eggplant can be tough to get right. Too bad, because when it's good, it's SO good.

    Posted 3 years ago #
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    sunset
    

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    I made duck l'orange once to impress my boyfriend. I had to constantly poke the duck to release the fat (yuk). Then the sauce - thought the recipe called for too much soy sauce but I was new to cooking. It turned black but still had a taste of orange. I was going to throw the whole thing away & my boyfriend convinced me to serve it. When dinner was over he said, "let's not have that again." Turns out the recipe should have had like 2 teaspoons but it called for 4 tablespoons.

    Posted 3 years ago #
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    cobaltblue
    

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    So disappointing when good ingedients that should go together ... don't. I had that experience with a curried rice and lentil recipe a friend raved and raved about. I like curry, I like rice, I like lentils. But I did not like that recipe. And it made a TON!

    Posted 3 years ago #

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