Culinary in the Desert

I went back for a follow up with the shoulder doc and was given the go ahead to start exercising again, but to just take it slow. I was suprised as he said I do not need to go to the physical therapist again. Apparently my shoulder is healing well and with no stiffness there is no need. I think I will just start off with doing some of the smaller exercises I was doing when I went to PT and take it from there.

We will start off with what we had for dinner tonight. The two new recipes were Spicy orange beef over rice (CL) and Papaya-Carrot Slaw (CL). Breaking open the papaya was fun! Thanks again for the warning of the seeds - I did this over the sink! I used the food processor to shred the carrots and papaya making life much easier. It's a very simple and light side with the lime and fresh ginger. The spicy orange beef being stir fried was so juicy and the bright orange flavor really shined through. These are both definte repeaters here!


Being tuesday I made the "treats for work" for Jeff to bring in tomorrow. This was adapated from a recipe by Nick Malgieri. Below is Milk Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti. I was only able to buy hazelnuts with the skin on so it took a little toasting and with a soft cloth I removed most of skin. It was a little tedious but worth it! This blend of cocoa, milk chocolate, and hazelnuts is such a great combination of flavors in a biscotti. The logs were very easy to handle - not too sticky. I just had to have a sample before they were taken in tomorrow and they are a winner!