"Very easy and came out delicious. I followed the recipe exactly and mine came out a little watery. Next time I will add tomato paste to the beef mixture to thicken it up. There also wasn't enough of the bechamel sauce for my liking so next time I'd double it. "

"I followed this recipe to T, adding fresh chopped mushrooms. There is no where near enough barley. I let it cook for 13 hours on low, and added 2 T of cornstarch hoping that would thicken it and the barley might puff up more. Now I am cooking another cup of barley on the stovetop to add to the crockpot. If I made this again I'd use at least a c..."

"Made this tonight...It came out moist with a nice orange flavor. However, I did exactly what Giada said to do with the cranberries and mine still ended up all along the bottom of the cake...Not sure why this happened? Although it was good, it was not my favorite, and I probably wouldn't make it again."

"i liked these a lot, but next time i'll need to adjust cooking time. i had them in for 1 hr, stirring about 3 times, and after the 3rd time stirring the bottoms got very brown. normally this would be fine with roasted veggies but it made these chewy. i'll definitely make them again, but probably cook them about 45-50 minutes keeping an eye on t"

"This was SO good. I followed to a T and used the extra pasta water (about 2 cups total to keep it nice & moist). I was nervous it'd be too goat cheesy but it was perfect!!

I served this with 1.5 lbs of chicken breasted dipped in 2 tbsp dijon & 1/3 cup buttermilk whisked together, and then dredged in 1 cup panko, 1 cup finely chopped walnuts, 2 "

"very tasty, followed the recipe exactly however i used brown rice and after 15 mins of simmering the rice was still hard but not cooked...i added another 1/2cup-ish of water and brought it to a boil and let it simmer for about 15 more minutes and it was perfect.
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