Culinary in the Desert
Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Baked not fried....

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Quite a long time ago, Jeff and I would have homemade french fries quite often and yes, they were deep fried. Since we changed our eating h...
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Chewy cookies to a hearty soup...

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We're back to another edition of baking for the weekly Wednesday Treat Day for Jeff's coworkers. It has been awhile since we have d...
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Monday, November 06, 2006

Lasagna without the noodles...

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Thanks so much for compliments on the kitchen! We are quite happy to have it done and looking forward to making plenty of messes in it! W...
Sunday, November 05, 2006

The outcome...

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* Just a reminder - we do pretty much post daily so if you don't see a new post at some point, you may need to hit refresh to see the ch...
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Saturday, November 04, 2006

Bringing new life to lemon bars...

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I was having trouble with posting, so I had to do today's post as two separate ones. The "during" pictures of the remodel tha...
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During...

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Here are some of the pictures that took place during the remodel. We knew it was going to be messy, but I don't think we were prepared ...
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Friday, November 03, 2006

The before...

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The house we sold in Phoenix had so many cabinets and lots of storage in the kitchen - but the one we bought out here in Maryland had very d...
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Thursday, November 02, 2006

Crunchy biscotti and a hearty dinner...

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If everything goes right, it looks as if the kitchen will be pretty much finished up this weekend and we will be able to get the before/afte...
Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Keeping dinner interesting...

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The ingredients for tonight's dinner, Chicken XimXim with Ground Peanuts , are not new to us (save one interesting one...) but the finis...
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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

No tricks... but lots of treats to share....

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Happy Halloween! Today at Jeff's office they were having a Halloween potluck, so we decided to make a couple things for him to bring in ...
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Monday, October 30, 2006

Warmed up with comfort foods...

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With the clock rolling back yesterday, I was a little surprised to see just how early it gets dark outside again. It was nice not having to...
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Sunday, October 29, 2006

Smoky pasta coated in a tangy sauce...

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With the kitchen remodel coming to a close (should be totally finished this week... *crosses fingers and toes*), we certainly made quite a f...
Saturday, October 28, 2006

I'll love you til the end of the vine...

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Okay.. please forgive me, but we are not pumpkined out yet! Yes, another post involving a baked good with mashed pumpkin! Today's recip...
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Friday, October 27, 2006

Steak and Salad with a hunk of whole grain bread on the side...

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I've been reading through this cookbook, King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking , since I bought it from Amazon a few weeks ago and finall...
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Thursday, October 26, 2006

Different take on mashed potatoes...

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We love potatoes and I'm always looking for new ways to serve them. Tonight's side is a groovy take on regular mashed potatoes. Du...
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Crunchy chicken without the guilt...

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I talked about a recipe for Sesame Twists that we had with the soup last night. I ran out of time to get them posted, so I need to play a ...
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Might turn orange from all the pumpkins we're using lately...

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It has been quite the busy day around here... lots of people coming and going that are working on the kitchen - we are probably within a wee...
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Monday, October 23, 2006

Creating cookies with new ingredients...

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Blogger has been having issues all weekend and it seems that they are still having problems today - sorry if any comments are not getting th...
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