Culinary in the Desert
Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Adding fresh side dishes to leftovers...

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I thought it was dusty the other day ... boy was I in for a shock when I came in from mowing this afternoon! They had been sanding the walls...
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Monday, October 09, 2006

Well it cooked the pasta... but was it worth it?

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Nothing too exciting to report on the kitchen just yet, although we did have a go around with the sink/countertop people as they were trying...
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Sunday, October 08, 2006

Still chuggin along...

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Well, I can't say we made a ton of new stuff this week - but even with the kitchen being out of order, we did manage to try 6 new recipe...
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Saturday, October 07, 2006

Don't wait to pick your pumpkins!

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They've been talking about how the pumpkin crop around the area is pretty bad this year so I was glad that I picked up some Pie pumpkins...
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Friday, October 06, 2006

Quick and easy use for some cooked turkey...

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Well, no progress on the kitchen today as the contractor had to go out of town for the weekend. Boo! They should begin again on Monday, but ...
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Thursday, October 05, 2006

Sweet and sour with a crunchy bite...

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Whew... who knew there would be so much dust happening when they are working on the kitchen! We put plastic over everything, but it's al...
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006

A peek in our pantry... Part I

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We've been getting a few e-mails asking us to talk about what we keep stocked in our pantry. Since we are not making many new (if any) d...
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Leftovers with a new no-cook side...

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More destruction in the kitchen today... and we even had a couple interesting moments. They found a hidden cable wire and just about cut thr...
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Monday, October 02, 2006

Squeaking out one more...

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If only the kitchen would come back together as fast as it went down this afternoon! The demolition started today and I didn't realize j...
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Sunday, October 01, 2006

Warming you from the inside out....

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10 new recipes this week - but this will probably be slowing down quite a bit with the tear down of the kitchen starting tomorrow. The favor...
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Saturday, September 30, 2006

PB&J in a new way!

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I wanted to get some snacks made that we could freeze and have while the kitchen is going to be out of order. One thing I did today was make...
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Friday, September 29, 2006

Uh oh... they arrived early!

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Earlier this week we got a surprising phone call... our cabinets from KraftMaid were ready and would be delivered on Friday (today!) They c...
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Thursday, September 28, 2006

What do you call them?

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We are big fans of baked potatoes, but every once in awhile we like to change things up and use sweet potatoes instead. Tonight's side d...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Who knew lemon, cheese and pasta went so well together?

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We did make a new recipe for dinner last night, but after getting the recipes and post together for the Wednesday Treat Day stuff, I was too...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Celebrating the arrival of fall...

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When Jeff came in the door this afternoon from work, the first thing he said was "If you think I'm taking in whatever smells so goo...
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Monday, September 25, 2006

Raw not so good... but cooked? Fantastic!

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After waking up this morning, we looked outside and happened to notice a big rainbow! I don't think it rained, but it looked pretty cool...
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Sunday, September 24, 2006

No eggs, but still a scramble!

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12 new recipes were made this week - the favorites had to be the Ice Cream Birthday Cake , Spicy Red Lentil Soup and the Golden Cinnamon Cr...
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Saturday, September 23, 2006

Cereal can be more than just a boring bowl in the morning...

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I was surprised to see this in the front yard yesterday morning as I almost mowed right over it! Attack of the giant fungus! No idea what k...
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Friday, September 22, 2006

Just wanted a little cheesecake....

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Cream cheese was on a sale a couple weeks ago, so I bought a few blocks even though I had no idea what I wanted to do with them. Do you ever...
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Thursday, September 21, 2006

Warming up inside with dinner...

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When I was in the grocery store before Jeff's birthday, one of the managers was setting up a new display of "limited edition" ...
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