Colleen’s Cookbook

Welcome to the Cookbook

Even though I avidly collect and read cookbooks, I often rely on the web when it comes to day-to-day cooking. I’ve collected a ton of recipes in my laptop recipe box (macgourmet.com), and I look there first when I’m planning the week’s dinners in my spreadsheet program (Numbers).

The Cookbook: Colleen’s Cookbook, in fact! Here, I feature recipes I’ve created or recipes from other sources that I like. Also, I post recipe collections culled from my recipe box. But not everything food-related is a recipe! Here, I also post links to interesting food blogs and food-related articles, as well as any opinions or anecdotes that don’t have a recipe attached.

Recipe Box: Truth in advertising. On this page, I’ve posted links to my full recipe collection and to mini-collections I’ve featured.

If you’re interested in learning more about me, you can visit my family web site at colleenandscott.us.

About Me

• Name: Colleen Fischer
• Age: 25
• Birthday: September 14
• Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
• Best Friend: Scott, my husband

All-Time Favorites

Dishes: chicken enchiladas, spaghetti carbonara, huevos rancheros, burritos, roasted chicken and stuffing, Caesar salad, panzanella, taco salad, hamburgers and fries

Desserts: warm chocolate lava cake with vanilla ice cream, bread pudding, caramel apples, maple creme-filled chocolates, all the Special Dark bars in the Hershey’s Miniatures bag

Packaged Foods: Morningstar Farms veggie burgers and corn dogs, Betty Crocker Warm Delights, Hidden Valley Light Ranch dressing, store-brand Italian dressing, Heinz Organic ketchup, Ballpark mustard

Guilty Pleasures: tortilla chips, French fries, Mexican fast food, bacon, fast-food burgers

Cookbooks: The King Arthur Flour Baker’s Companion, The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion, Lost Recipes by Marion Cunningham, Cooking ‘Round the Clock by Rachael Ray, The All-New Best Recipe, I’m Just Here for the Food by Alton Brown

Software I Use

• MacGourmet
• iWeb
• iWork
• CalorieKing Nutrition and Exercise Manager