westtextazzy

about me

I read a lot of cook books and try new recipes. My passions are reading, cooking, swimming, getting a great bargain, finding a great recipe, sharing good food with friends and family. I am always on the look out for easy recipes and crock pot recipes, and I love cooking with new ingredients. I recently discoverd bok choy--love it. I also am a new fanatic for the smoky flavor of chipotle. I have a "hankering" for blue cheese almost all the time. Love recipes that incorporate blue cheese. I can eat it straight out ot the container when I want a salt kick.

I hate to make the "same old thing" for dinner all the time. My favorite type of food has to be Mexican food--I mean look where I live! I also enjoy a really greasy hamburger with onions. And who can resist using the grill every night in the summer?

I am a mother, wife, librarian at a middle school and a realtor for the largest real estate company in the world. I love to show and sell homes in my "spare" time. My only daughter is 14 and a freshman in high school. My other kids are our ten dogs, yup, I said ten. They are all rescue animals from the local Humane Society or Animal Rescue League. We have Bud, a huge boxer, Shadow, a female Scottish terrior, Spike, a male West Highland terrior, Scrappy, a female mixed breed, Bonnie, a female shitz zsu, Tazman (hence, my chef name) a male laso apso(spelling?), Little Bit and Not Much, a female and a male Chihuahua, respectively, Bandit, a female Papillon, and Gus, a chuggle (half chihuahua, half pug). whew! That's a lot of dogs. One of the first things we did was take up all the carpet and lay ceramic tile throughout the entire house--makes it much more pet and mom friendly!

Since discovering Zaar, I am having the most fun! I have tried many recipes and been disappointed with only one. My family likes the change of pace from the same old menu each week. My biggest problem is having too much food, so I take food to my co-workers and friends--who are so happy to get it. You could say I am "feeding a village." I participated in my first two events and had a great time. Also, am in contact with several Zaar members who live nearby. I love it here.

Keep the great recipes coming, folks!

Favorite Foods:

I am absolutely famous for my 2-beer guacamole(lots of fire), deviled eggs, potato salad, chile con queso, and my newly famous chipotle salsa. Other great meals I make are deep dish lasagna, blue cheese burgers, German potato salad with keilbasa, and Beef with bok choy.

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