Who Has Tried the Latest F/W Recipes and Their Variations?

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Discussion Overview

This thread centers around participants sharing their experiences with the latest fall/winter recipes from Pampered Chef, including variations and personal preferences regarding specific dishes.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based

Main Points Raised

  • One participant, identifying as a consultant, mentioned enjoying the Lemon Cakes and Cheeseburger Salad made at a team meeting.
  • Another participant shared a positive experience with the Hamburger Stroganoff made at a cluster meeting.
  • Some participants expressed a lack of interest in the Cheeseburger Salad, with one noting a suggestion for a "Bacon & Blue Cheese" Burger Salad as a potential variation.
  • Several users highlighted the ease of making the Lemon Cakes in prep bowls, with one participant noting the need for more prep bowls due to their popularity.
  • One participant shared their experience with the Greek Cheese Torta, indicating it was well-received and suggesting a variation with roasted red peppers.
  • Another participant discussed their experience with the One-Pot Pasta, noting it was delicious and easy to prepare, while also expressing concerns about demoing the recipe due to pot availability.
  • Some participants shared differing opinions on the Tacos from the Power Cooking Show, with one finding them too pasty and another finding them too soupy.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ on certain recipes, particularly the Cheeseburger Salad, with some participants expressing enthusiasm while others are less favorable. No clear consensus emerges regarding the best variations or experiences with the recipes.

Contextual Notes

Participants are sharing personal experiences and preferences related to the new recipes, indicating a variety of tastes and cooking styles within the community.

Who May Find This Useful

Consultants looking for insights into the latest recipes and variations that others have tried may find this discussion helpful.

Glad my uh-oh helped someone else. I haven't gotten a new cake mix to try again. I realized when stirring the batter what I had done, so I cooked them for about 9 minutes so they were done through, just very dense! My DH thought they were pretty good anyway and ate them all up! LOL!
 
We made the one pot pasta last night at our cluster meeting and the new choclate cake. The cake was a bit dry but tasty. Can I say that I LOVE LOVE LOVE the pasta. I am making it for dinner tomorrow night. They have done a great job with the recipes this season.
 
This site so rocks! I hosted a joint cluster recipe review today and the lemon cakes just 'did not work'....now I know why!

The other recipes we made:

- Sloppy Joe (from Power Cooking): WOW WOW WOW. I am not a sloppy joe fan, but these were delicious. Incredibly simple: just add ketchup and the Smokey BBQ seasoning to the cooked ground beef. What a full flavor!

- Beef Strogenoff (sp?) (also from Power Cooking): Also very good. One of the gals hates sour cream, but really liked the flavor when combined with cream of mushroom soup. Easy to make and shows a lot of tools.

- Cheeseburger Salad: This recipe didn't initally interest me at all, but now that I've had it, YUM-O. I don't generally like pickles, but they gave the meat a great and different flavor. Presentation is great.

- Velvety Chocolate Cake w/Stawberries: We agree with all the other wonderful things already posted about this one. (I also want to try a raspberry version.)

leggy
 
I am making the lemon cakes and the chicken tortilla casserole for a carry in dinner for church tomorrow. I will let you all know how they turn out! I may make the lemon cake in the fluted pan (just double the recipe) cuz I REFUSE to make micro cakes as a demo...too many problems with different microwaves not working consistantly! No matter what, I will report back!
 
Bought the ingredients to make the Chicken Tortilla Casserole for tonight but ended up making Smashed Potato Soup. For some reason I've looked at that recipe and never made it (it was talked about on here the other day and stirred my interest!) YUM...so easy and my family loved it.

I also bought the ingredients for the lemon cakes. I bought a yellow JIFFY :D cake mix like the recipe calls for but they had a lemon cake mix too. Gonna try them both and see which tastes better. Oh how I hate :) to have to make the recipe twice but someone's got to do it!

Don't know if it's just me but more of the new recipes sound really good this season. In the past there have been some really whack (to borrow a word from my teenagers!) ingredients that I refused to try.

Looking forward to lots of tax deductions on my grocery list as I try new things!!
 
Your right about the Cheesburger Salad...I didn't think I would like, but I tried - before serving it at a show...and I loved it! I did it at my show yesterday and and everyone at the show fell in love with it! We even made it with Turkey Burger! Taste just like a Cheeseburger Whooper without the bun!
 
I just booked a Power Cooking show today, so I'm making 3 of the recipes tomorrow - can't wait! And, I'm having a meeting with 3 of my team members on Tue., and I'm going to make the Lemon cakes ahead (thanks for the tip!) and we're going to make the Chicken, Avocado & Grapefruit Salad together. I'll let you know how they turn out!
 
CHEFJULIERUN said:
Your right about the Cheesburger Salad...I didn't think I would like, but I tried - before serving it at a show...and I loved it! I did it at my show yesterday and and everyone at the show fell in love with it! We even made it with Turkey Burger! Taste just like a Cheeseburger Whooper without the bun!
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I made it with ground turkey too. When it's cold, it tastes like a cold cheeseburger. lol
 
Review of Glazed Lemon Cake using Fluted Stone...OK...I made the lemon cake in the fluted pan. I doubled the recipe (used a regular sized cake mix and doubled the rest of the ingredients) I put 12 slices of lemon on the bottom of the pan, and baked it at 350 for 45 minutes. Perfect!

Two things...I added lemon zest to the glaze to make it more "lemony" and I think next time I will use a lemon cake mix instead of yellow. I *LOVE* lemon, though...so I would love more of a lemon flavor.

Oh! DON'T use margarine to make the glaze. I did, and had to dump it and remake the glaze. It tasted NASTY. My new glaze (using real butter) was soooooooo much better!
 
Ok. . . Thanks I am no officially STARVING! I have been eyeing up all the new recipes and now I can't wait to make the all.
 
UPDATE: I made 3 of the 5 Power Cooking Recipes tonight - prepared the Beef Stroganoff for dinner (YUM!!) and froze the Chili and the Sloppy Joes for later this week. I can just tell from the smell of them that they're going to be just as yummy, and DH can't wait to try them, too (I let him pick his favorite 3!). It is such a great thing to make on the weekend to prepare for a busy week ahead, and I booked a show on Sat. just talking about how I would do a Power Cooking show and prepare 3 recipes (2 for the freezer) - one lady just jumped up and said "I WANT TO DO THAT SHOW!" LOL!!! :DI'm going to try the Lemon cakes tomorrow and the Chicken, Avocado & Grapefruit salad on Tue, so I'll be back with more updates!
 
The Strawberry Cream Trifle is OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!! SOOOOO GOOD!!!!!
 
CHEFJULIERUN said:
Your right about the Cheesburger Salad...I didn't think I would like, but I tried - before serving it at a show...and I loved it! I did it at my show yesterday and and everyone at the show fell in love with it! We even made it with Turkey Burger! Taste just like a Cheeseburger Whooper without the bun!
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Totally agree!! Made it Fri night, cause that's what I was making for my Sat. show & I wanted to try it first! The one thing I did was I seasoned the meat, as I was cooking it, with Crushed Peppercorn & Garlic Rub & did another batch with the new Chipolte Rub~both were awesome, although I really liked the Crushed Peppercorn one!! YUM-O is right!!!!!
 
I made the Lemon Cakes in the Prep Bowls with my daughter tonight and they were delicious!! They didn't slide out of the prep bowls right away, but they came out all in one piece when they did come out. I buttered and sugared the bowls and patted around the sides when they came out and I only let them cool for about 5 minutes (it says on the DVD not to let them cool too long or the sugar gets syrupy and sticks). I don't know of anything I could have done differently.

I put the extras in the fridge, but I'm wondering if they will still taste Ok tomorrow. I don't like the Miracle Cake after if has sat out.
 
I posted in another thread about this, I think - the sloppy joes were loved by all at lunch today.

Didn't have buns, so we put it on toast.
 
straitfan said:
When all else fails--read the recipe!!!!!. I tried the lemon cakes and couldn't figure out why the batter was SO thick! Jiffy cake mix!!! WELL DUH!!!! A regular 18 oz cake mix comes out pretty dense (like me I guess!)
Live and Learn!
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Mine was really thick too. I guess I should have read more as well. They were still very good.
 
pamperedposey said:
I made the Lemon Cakes in the Prep Bowls with my daughter tonight and they were delicious!! They didn't slide out of the prep bowls right away, but they came out all in one piece when they did come out. I buttered and sugared the bowls and patted around the sides when they came out and I only let them cool for about 5 minutes (it says on the DVD not to let them cool too long or the sugar gets syrupy and sticks). I don't know of anything I could have done differently.

I put the extras in the fridge, but I'm wondering if they will still taste Ok tomorrow. I don't like the Miracle Cake after if has sat out.
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We had ours in the fridge for a couple days to eat the rest. The cake was still good but the lemon on top of my last one was a little tart so the cake right below it was tart. :yuck: I wish they had a puckered face smiley!

My aunt called me last night to ask if the batter was supposed to be like cookie dough? I remembered thinking my mix was a little thick because there wasn't very much liquid in it. Told her it should be all right. Then she started scooping and said it was coming out in balls and wouldn't fill the cup properly. Then it hit me, I asked her what size of batter she used. Sure enough she grabbed a regular cake mix! She emailed me later and said they were no good. I told her to try again with the right cake mix, I guaranteed they'd be good.

Wish PC made that stand out more. As I've been cooking more recipes, I try to write down on my grocery list the exact size they tell us to get so I don't get too much or too little of something.
 
:balloon: :balloon: I feel so much better after reading all these posts, to know that it wasn't obvious to everyone but me that it was the small cake mix. Now we can point that out to our customers and save them some grief.
 
DebbieJ said:
The Strawberry Cream Trifle is OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!! SOOOOO GOOD!!!!!
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I saw this in the SB when I got my change over kit this weekend. This recipe is right up my alley!
 
I just got my changeover kit and I REALLY need some greek rub now. I want to try the Greek Cheese Torta so bad now!!!!!


ChefBeckyD - if you read this I think it'd go great with my pasta salad with feta cheese and sundried tomatoes!!!!
 
Help! I can't find the Jiffy cake mix in stores around here! I live on the coast of MA. Any suggestions?
 
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cookinkate said:
Help! I can't find the Jiffy cake mix in stores around here! I live on the cost of MA. Any suggestions?
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Buy a regular cake mix and only use half. :)
 
cookinkate said:
Help! I can't find the Jiffy cake mix in stores around here! I live on the cost of MA. Any suggestions?
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At Walmart around here it's not with the regular cake mix. It's in the same aisle but down by the corn bread, muffin mix and flour area. If they don't have the brand Jiffy, try looking for something else in a small box in that area.
 
They don't have Jiffy cake mix here, either (Philly, PA suburbs) - I just bought a yellow cake mix (18oz) and plan to split it in 1/2 - and save the other half in the bag with a Twixit! clip! :D
 
Or just double the recipe and have more yummy cake....
 
KellyTheChef said:
Or just double the recipe and have more yummy cake....
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I don't need that much "yummy cake" sitting around my house, though! :blushing:
 
janetupnorth said:
I just got my changeover kit and I REALLY need some greek rub now. I want to try the Greek Cheese Torta so bad now!!!!!


ChefBeckyD - if you read this I think it'd go great with my pasta salad with feta cheese and sundried tomatoes!!!!
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Just read this - and I think it's practically made for that pasta salad....I'm hungry now, and it's 11:30pm!:(
 
I have made the lemon cakes I did double the recipe and I made them in the mini fluted stone very yummy
one pot pasta I did it with grape tomatoes. Couldnt find sun dried tomatoes
Very good
and the delux cheeseburger salad my DS looked at it and refused to eat it but we forced him to try it and he LOVED it he wants me to make it again.
 
kspry said:
I posted in another thread about this, I think - the sloppy joes were loved by all at lunch today.

Didn't have buns, so we put it on toast.
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I love to put sloppy joes in small pita pockets with a spoon of cole slaw on top. Yummy and not so much roll.
 
DebbieJ said:
The Strawberry Cream Trifle is OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!! SOOOOO GOOD!!!!!
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I want to try this, but if the weather doesn't get better I can't. I need to be able to burn some calories on walks and runs.
 
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