Culinary in the Desert
Saturday, January 30, 2010

Zucchini Muffins...

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I used to have a habit of routinely baking different batches of muffins, keeping the freezer well supplied for portion-controlled on-the-go ...
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Friday, January 29, 2010

Jalapeño, Sausage and Egg Breakfast Braid

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I know it seems like we just did an egg-y pizza , but I just had to try out this Jalapeño, Sausage and Egg Breakfast Braid when I came acro...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Pulled Chicken Sandwiches...

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Last Tuesday, I thought about stashing the few unused chicken thighs that we were left after making that Chipotle Chicken and Rice in the f...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Chai Shortbread Cookies...

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For this week's Wednesday Treat Day, we delved into one of the holiday magazines and picked out a cookie I had planned on making over Ch...
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Monday, January 25, 2010

Chicken, Lemon and Dill with Orzo...

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We prepared a dinner recently that was pretty much hands off, leaving the oven to do most of the work. Well, there was a little prep work b...
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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Home-Style Caraway Rye Bread...

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When Jeff was off from work over the holidays, I asked if he wanted me to make anything specific before I started pulling out recipe ideas. ...
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Friday, January 22, 2010

Stuffed Pizza Sticks...

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This week's Friday Night Pizza didn't come out shaped quite as intended, but thankfully that didn't interfere with just how tast...
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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Creamy Pasta with Ham and Broccoli

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I had ideas for the head of broccoli I bought this weekend, but apparently they never came to fruition and I had to figure out what to do wi...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Bittersweet Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

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When I asked Jeff on Saturday what sounded good for this week's Wednesday Treat Day, he said he's really had a craving for your basi...
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Monday, January 18, 2010

Chipotle Chicken and Rice...

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We've been making a lot of one-pot dishes lately and I'm diggin' this less pots and pans to wash stuff. Continuing with that th...
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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Crisp chicken with mustard sauce...

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I usually try to bake Saturday mornings so we have a sweet good to talk about on the weekend, but we had a bunch of errands to run since we ...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Back home...

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We left on Tuesday for a short trip to the East coast (more on this soon), but we're back home tonight! It may take a day or two to get...
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Monday, January 11, 2010

Herb-Cheese Palmiers...

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When we made those pot pies a few weeks ago, I was left with a sheet of puff pastry that I tucked away in the freezer as I didn't have ...
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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Beef-Barley Soup

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Jeff had been dropping hints left and right over the past few days that a soup or stew, preferably of the beefy variety, would really hit th...
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Saturday, January 09, 2010

Browned Butter Cardamom Cookies...

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There are a couple recipes that we made over the holidays that we just didn't get a chance to share and before I completely forget about...
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Friday, January 08, 2010

Egg and Pepperoni Breakfast Pizza

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We are finally getting back into the groove of new Friday Pizza Nights (well, we actually did make pizzas on a couple of those Fridays that ...
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Thursday, January 07, 2010

Wild-Rice Pilaf...

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You would think that with us living in Minnesota, we would prepare more dishes that included wild rice as an ingredient. In fact, the last ...
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Miniature Raisin Bran Muffins...

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We went back and forth trying to pick out what we would make for the first Wednesday Treat Day of 2010. I had tossed out a few ideas like a...
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Monday, January 04, 2010

Moroccan-Style Stuffed Acorn Squashes

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After picking up a couple random acorn squashes at the market this past weekend on impulse, I now needed to figure out what to do with them!...
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Saturday, January 02, 2010

Whole-Wheat Banana Bread...

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Jeff had been eying the bananas I had sitting off in the corner, letting me know their status each day as their yellow jackets turned dark, ...
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