Culinary in the Desert
Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Banana PiƱa Colada... not a drink!

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As I mentioned yesterday , we baked two types of muffins for Jeff to bring for the Weekly Wednesday Treat Day we do for his co-workers. To ...
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

That last sugar pumpkin... and some bright poppy seed muffins!

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Whenever we choose recipes for the Weekly Wednesday Treat Day, I try and make sure that there is a decent yield so everyone who wants a trea...
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Monday, January 07, 2008

From salad to pizza... just hold the lettuce!

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I can't remember the last time we actually bought prepared pizza dough since we began making our favorite Whole Wheat Pizza Dough recip...
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Sunday, January 06, 2008

Hearty baked pasta with spicy sausage...

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We prepared about 8 new recipes this week - our favorites were the Chili Dog Chili , Raspberry Almond Shortbread Thumbprints and the Bals...
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Saturday, January 05, 2008

That darn leftover eggnog...

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I wonder if anyone else has this problem... Jeff and I always end up buying a carton of eggnog sometime around Christmas thinking we love t...
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Friday, January 04, 2008

Playin' around with chili...

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I didn't have anything lined up to bake today, so I took advantage of some extra time I had to make a couple batches of our favorite Chi...
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Thursday, January 03, 2008

Trying to fill him up with chicken, potatoes and roasted cauliflower...

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Jeff and I have only come to love cauliflower in the last couple of years and I think our favorite way to prepare it is roasting the chunky ...
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008

First treat day of the year...

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Jeff has been on vacation now for a little over two weeks and guess what today is? Yup, time for him to go back to work (oh it was a grouch...
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Will these black-eyed peas become a new tradition?

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We thought we would take a look back and see just how many "new" recipes we made this year - after checking our records, we came u...
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Monday, December 31, 2007

Another year coming to an end...

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Wow... I can't believe we are already at the last day of 2007! Between selling a house, buying a house and moving back to Minnesota f...
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Sunday, December 30, 2007

Winding down the weekend with a stir-fry...

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Only 7 new recipes for us this past busy week - our favorites were the Apricot Poppy Chicken with Dill Potatoes , Pepperoni Bread and the C...
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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Chocolate granola...

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We've been quite fond of that Peanut Butter Granola we first made a few months ago - I can't even remember how many times we have m...
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Friday, December 28, 2007

Vegetables aplenty this evening...

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I needed to get some carrots used that had been lounging around in the refrigerator - so we made these Maple-Tangerine Carrot Coins to have...
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Thursday, December 27, 2007

May have promise, but won't be a repeat...

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I'm not sure what to say about tonight's dinner. It's not that the Thai Chicken Chowder we made was awful or anything... howev...
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

The treats we brought down to the farm...

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I mentioned on Monday that we were busy making a couple treats to take down to the farm on Christmas Day. The drive down was nice - howev...
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Monday, December 24, 2007

From us and the pups...

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Merry Christmas ! We hope that you have a very safe and Happy Holiday however you choose to celebrate! Jeff and I will be driving down to ...
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Sunday, December 23, 2007

Braving the crowds to pick up some potatoes and dill...

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It's hard to remember just how much stuff we ended up doing this past week or so - it all seems to blur together when I try to think bac...
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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Creamy Chocolate-Peppermint Pudding...

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Last year we talked about those new peppermint baking chips that we had picked up at one of the markets back in Maryland - the first thing w...
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Friday, December 21, 2007

Soup and rolls to cheer us up after a few dreary days...

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The weather has been weirdly foggy and dreary these past couple of days - even though it has not snowed in a few days, the trees have had th...
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Thursday, December 20, 2007

A little (or a lot of!) macaroni and cheese please...

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There are many ways that one can make good ol' macaroni and cheese - we've made quite a few ourselves, be it via a stove-top method ...
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