Culinary in the Desert
Monday, November 17, 2008

Cincinnati Five-Way Chili...

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Thankfully, Jeff has come to appreciate having an open mind when it comes to dinners we prepare around here now. If I would have told him t...
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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Three-Cheese Chicken Penne Pasta Bake...

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With the end of the year fast approaching, I've been busy swimming in recipes trying to figure out what we will be making for the big ba...
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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Chocolate Tart with Hazelnut Shortbread Crust...

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I knew I was going to have a bit of extra free time on my hands today, so I made sure I had everything on hand to keep myself busy making t...
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Friday, November 14, 2008

Roasted Garlic Pizza...

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We've prepared a few unusual (for us at least) pizzas as of late, so this time we kept it on the simplistic side with a Roasted Garlic P...
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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Bread and soup...

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We were going to be having soup for dinner tonight, so rather than just having a bowl of chips or a salad to go with it, I thought this Beer...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Sweet Miniature Sliders...

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For this Weekly Wednesday Treat Day item, we decided to take a rest from the ordinary bars, cakes or cookies. Instead, we thought we would ...
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Monday, November 10, 2008

Lighter Chicken Enchiladas...

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To cook the chicken for the Lighter Chicken Enchiladas I made for dinner tonight, we used a combination of poaching and steaming. Instead o...
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Sunday, November 09, 2008

Dogs in the snow... plus pudding!

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Max was feeling a little left out since Gus got time on the blog a couple days ago... so to make him feel better, he want you to know he was...
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Saturday, November 08, 2008

If you could only smell the way this Cinnamon-Apple Cake perfumed our house...

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There has been a recipe in my to-try pile since I started it a few years ago. I would often come across it and say to myself "I really...
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Friday, November 07, 2008

Ham and Pineapple Pizza... plus a surprise build up of snow!

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Hmm... what happened to "a slim chance of flurries?" Look what we woke up to! So, we thought Gus wouldn't like being a snow p...
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Thursday, November 06, 2008

A different look at Mac 'N Cheese...

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Tonight for dinner we had an interesting take on mac and cheese. I should start out by saying though, that if you really enjoy regular mac ...
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Root Vegetable Stew with Herbed Dumplings...

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Guess what? We get to cross another vegetable off the list that we had never tried before! Woo! In this Root Vegetable Stew with Herbed D...
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Butterscotch Finger Cakes...

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Today was an interesting day... I had to be sedated early this morning to have an endoscopy and biopsy of my esophagus/stomach area done. N...
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Monday, November 03, 2008

Apricot marmalade, pork chops and noodles...

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I ended up with quite a mess in the kitchen tonight after making this A pricot-Sesame Pork Chops with Teriyaki Whole-Wheat Noodles dish for...
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Sunday, November 02, 2008

Reforming a so-called "lentil hater"...

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8 new recipes came blowing through the kitchen this week - our favorites this round were those Crispy Turkey Tostadas , the Cowboy Cookies ...
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Saturday, November 01, 2008

Ranglin' up some Cowboy Cookies...

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I feel like I should be swinging around a lasso right now... why? Well, as we certainly don't live on a farm (much to Jeff's dismay...
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Friday, October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween 2008!

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I heard yesterday that a couple (or a few!) of Jeff's co-workers were wondering if we were going to make those tempting Butterfinger Eye...
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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Crispy Turkey Tostadas...

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Tonight's dinner, Crispy Turkey Tostadas , would be an excellent recipe to have handy when you are deluged by tons (literally it feels s...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Roasting grapes for a savory dinner...

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While we love potatoes in most every form, I think our favorite has to be the always comforting mashed potatoes. For the side to tonight...
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