Culinary in the Desert
Thursday, August 03, 2006

Tiny little blueberries...

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I love blueberries... I probably have at least a cup a day with yogurt or in a smoothie. I'm not exactly sure what the fresh season for ...
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Just couldn't wait...

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We probably should have waited until we had firm plans on what we were going to do with the kitchen, but the fridge that came with the house...
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Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Fluffernutter - from a tasty sandwich to decadent bars...

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I had my first encounter with a true fluffernutter sandwich after we got out to the east coast and I bought "true" fluff - not mar...
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Monday, July 31, 2006

Baking cookies as a Thank You...

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Finally some good news on the Phoenix house... we accepted an offer and the closing went smoothly today! With reports on TV left and right t...
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Sunday, July 30, 2006

Fresh local sweet corn....

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We headed out to one of the local Farmers Markets yesterday and had to pick up some very fresh and local bicolored corn when we saw it. I h...
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Saturday, July 29, 2006

Rich individual brownie bites...

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When we roam through Costco , Jeff always seems to take his time going through the bakery department and makes sure to point out the mini br...
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Friday, July 28, 2006

Savory rice cakes...

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I see it will take a bit to get re-acquainted with a semi-rural life and a big yard. It was pretty muggy today and I had to get the mowing d...
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Thursday, July 27, 2006

Smoky, spicy and a little sweet baked beans... err we had beans again??

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Beans... as you know, we pretty much stayed away from any recipes involving them since I started cooking. Now that we've finally tried ...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Veggie evening...

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We have tried out tofu a few times now, but we have never tried the "smoked" variety. When I found a recipe that used it, I didn...
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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Getting back into the groove...

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As we slowly get accustomed to the new surroundings, things are starting to fall into place and we are getting back to normal in the kitchen...
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Monday, July 24, 2006

Sweet and local peaches make for a superb dinner....

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Fresh peaches seem to be pretty abundant out here and we found some at a steal while we were out browsing the markets. I was going to try a ...
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Sunday, July 23, 2006

Time to party... Animal house is here again!

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After a very long drive through PA and back, we finally have the pups and Miss Kitty back after being away for just about 3 months! While it...
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Saturday, July 22, 2006

Don't mess with my Figs...

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You may have noticed that we have really taken a liking to figs lately . Even though I have a few recipes waiting to be made with some fresh...
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Friday, July 21, 2006

Quick dinner to use up the leftover grilled tenderlion...

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I guess around this area, people always mow their lawn on Fridays... is this a common thing in rural areas or just our neighbors? Just so we...
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Thursday, July 20, 2006

Fennel - why didn't we try this sooner?

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Dinner last night used another vegetable that we had yet to try. While we like licorice flavor, I would usually pass up recipes that used Fe...
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Peaking at the new neighbors... or are they checking us out?

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Okay - the power must be really flaky here - we've "lost" power (and this post!) 3 times tonight during a storm! From what I h...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

The Return of Wednesday Treat Day with a nutty cake...

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After procrasting to get the PCs set up, I finally got them put back together with the desks setup down stairs. I was not sure when I would ...
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Monday, July 17, 2006

Laptop meltdown...

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Well... I was all ready to talk about dinner we had tonight when my laptop decided it was going to have a meltdown.... I will be back tomorr...
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Saturday, July 15, 2006

Quick and easy dinner while we unpack...

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We are currently sitting in the middle of what feels like 300 half opened boxes as we slowly unpack and start the whole move-in proccess. T...
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Thursday, July 13, 2006

Angry shrimp...

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I think we used up a few trees with as many documents we had to sign today... we did get a couple nice coffee mugs filled with lots of choc...
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