Carmen Cavanaugh

I loved the combination of ingredients but I don't think it's possible to make this recipe as it's written. The tomato "paste" had a high liquid content. It would be very dangerous to add this mixture to hot oil. A novice cook could really hurt themselves. Really nice flavors, quite a bit of tweaking required.

Excellent recipe as written. I also used it as a substitute for condensed cream of mushroom soup by eliminating the chicken broth. One recipe equals 2 cans of condensed soup. I freeze in 2 portions and I use in casseroles. Exceptionally more flavorful and healthful than the canned version.

I have made this several times. I substitute whole cranberry sauce for dried cranberries. Spoon small layer on top of the other filling ingredients. Delish!

I used Evan Williams Eggnog and served with walnuts and homemade blueberry syrup. I always add a surprise fried egg, over-easy, to the middle of any pancake stack. Pancakes reheat so well refrigerated or frozen so I make extra while the griddle is hot.

I followed the recipe exactly as it was written. It turned out wonderful. The texture is just soft enough to eat alone and just hard enough to dip in milk or coffee. It's not too sweet so it is perfect to dip in coffee with sweetened flavored cream. Delicious with Nutella! I combined white chocolate, coconut oil and vanilla chai latte drink mix and dipped one end of the biscotti into the white chocolate mixture. SO GOOD

Perfect as written for super fast weeknight cooking. I had a little more time so I also added canned chipotles in adobo sauce and a few tablespoons of the cooking liquid from the pork roast I had in the crock pot. Simmered for 20 minutes then mashed about half of the black beans for more of a "refried beans" type side. I also topped with a little bit of shredded smoked gouda cheese. Everyone loved it. Rinse the beans first for fresher taste and less sodium. I served this along with pork roast and yellow rice. I added sauteed onion and diced canned green chiles to the yellow rice then garnished the rice with sliced green onions. I had just a little bit leftover the next day so I reheated with a tablespoon of salsa then made a burrito. Really good.