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Angela
07-31-2001, 08:23 AM
Thought I'd share some of the CL things I've made over the past few days.

Raspberry-Balsamic Chicken from the CL Complete book, page 355. This received 4.5 stars out of 5--it was very tasty! It was sweet from the Raspberry preserve, but the Balsamic vinegar helped cut the sweetness. I served this with...

Fried Green Tomatoes from the Aug. issue. Wouldn't normally have served this combination, but we have tons of green tomatoes in the garden and were anxious to use some. The tomatoes were good--and I don't like tomatoes, red or green. My boyfriend thought they were similar to ones he's had down south, but being from Maryland he would add Old Bay to the coating. We did sprinkle some Old Bay on them and it kicked them up a bit. We gave them a 3.5 out of 5.

Also made a Pina Colada Cake from one of the summer of '00 issues (sorry, tore it out of the magazine and there is no date on the page--I'll post it later if anyone wants it). Very easy to make, nice light texture, a great summertime cake. There is no icing, but I thought next time I'd mix crushed drained pineapple with cool whip to use as an "icing". 4 stars out of 5.

Nancy171
07-31-2001, 10:35 AM
The Raspberry Balsamic Chicken is the first CL recipe I ever made (from January 1998). I was trying to teach myself how to cook and was encouraged by the article featuring recipes with less than 5 ingredients. For a long time it was one of the only things I could make with any confidence (always with the brown rice and broccoli as it would have been too scary to branch out from the magazine-suggested accompaniments).

I still think the recipe is really good, even though my cooking skills have improved since then.