Traci's Kitchen

"I had to improvise a little; I didn't have the steak seasonings so I added a dash of steak sauce and a tsp. of chili powder, salt, pepper and a little dash of cayenne pepper (we like some heat. I used green bell pepper, onion and garlic and pulsed them in my mini food chopper so the kids wouldn't see them. I didn't have tomato sauce so I had to "

Jan 30, 2013 on FoodNetwork.com

"I had to improvise a little; I didn't have the steak seasonings so I added a dash of steak sauce and a tsp. of chili powder, salt, pepper and a little dash of cayenne pepper (we like some heat). I used green bell pepper, onion and garlic and pulsed them in my mini food chopper so the kids wouldn't see them. You'd never know they're practically g"

Jan 30, 2013 on FoodNetwork.com

"I tweaked it a little; I had leftover instant mashed potatoes to firm them up into a rolling consistency I mixed in more instant potato flakes and a whole egg, skipping the milk and flour. I also added garlic powder, onion flakes, a dash of cayenne and chopped chives. I didn't roll in the egg yolk, just in the bread crumbs but it still worked. "

Jan 21, 2013 on FoodNetwork.com

"I tweaked it a little; I had leftover instant mashed potatoes and have tried making croquettes in the past only to have them fall apart in my pan. The potatoes were very soft so to firm them up into a rolling consistency I mixed in more instant potato flakes and a whole egg. I also added garlic powder, onion flakes, a dash of cayenne and chopped"

Jan 21, 2013 on FoodNetwork.com

"I buy canned clams so I skipped the first step and followed the recipe as a basic guide line making a few changes due to what I had in my pantry and I also added some diced celery with the onion. I used chicken broth and 1 bottle of clam juice along with the juice from the canned clams (I only had 3 cans but would have liked 4 or 5). I added on"

Jan 18, 2013 on FoodNetwork.com

"So delicious, I think this was the best meal I ever made! I also served a salad and breadsticks; you'd expect to pay at least $16.oo for a meal like this at The Olive Garden. My only substitutions were dried basil because it's all I had and Marsala wine for the dry white. I also just poured in liquids and didn't measure, went a little over on t"

Dec 19, 2012 on FoodNetwork.com

"Other people were having soggy stuffing so I held back on some of the broth; I ended up with dry stuffing... I was disappointed because all the flavors were there but it was a "fail" and I have lots left... I let my son help and he made the cubes a little too big so that didn't help. Over all my whole Thanksgiving Dinner was awesome!. I used Ann"

Nov 23, 2012 on FoodNetwork.com

"Brined the turkey for 2 1/2 days and it was very moist inside even though I didn't baste it! After one splash of basting I saw the herbs drip off and so I didn't baste it again. The herbs are expensive and since this recipe called for 3 kinds I simply slit 1 pkg of sage 3 ways for my brine/herb crust/stuffing; I also ended up with about 1 cube b"

Nov 23, 2012 on FoodNetwork.com