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The Colorado Desert: Back on Track: Quickest Mushroom-Barley Soup
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The life of a transplanted Minnesotan in the colorful Colorado Desert. Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Back on Track: Quickest Mushroom-Barley Soup. As you are aware- I am sucking it up in the blog world- but what you don't know is that I am also sucking in real life. You would be amazed at how much I am losing at life these days. For example- this soup:. Failed. Massive failure. It sounded like a good idea at the time. Adapted from Everyday Food (Oct. 2008). 1 tablespoon olive oil. 1 medium red onion, chopped.
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The Colorado Desert: Menu Plan Monday
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The life of a transplanted Minnesotan in the colorful Colorado Desert. Monday, March 1, 2010. My first trial run with a menu plan. Was a success. And by success I mean- we made four of the five meals listed. However, I have not posted about all of them yet. We haven't actually finished eating them all yet . . . I will post about Red Beans with Sausage with Buttermilk Cornbread and Tomato and Shrimp Pasta with Feta tomorrow and Wednesday. I did post about Creamy Pasta with Sausage and Broccoli. I am a Min...
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The Colorado Desert: Menu Plan Monday
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The life of a transplanted Minnesotan in the colorful Colorado Desert. Monday, February 15, 2010. Hello Friends. I have a confession: I suck at menu planning. I have tried a few times but I always deviate (Majorly- one time I didn't make anything I had planned to- anything.) It is like there is this rebellious part of me that resists making the planned meals just because I had planned to make them. And thus, I have begun to menu plan, again. So here is my Menu Plan for the week (or maybe two):. Thanks fo...
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The Colorado Desert: House Tour: Fire in the Kitchen
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The life of a transplanted Minnesotan in the colorful Colorado Desert. Tuesday, March 9, 2010. House Tour: Fire in the Kitchen. Our cousin Kurt (yep- our. Cousin . . . long story) is in town for work and he stopped by last night for a little visit. As we showed him the house, Chris and Kurt lighted several matchbooks on fire in the wood burning stove- because well, that is what you do when Kurt is around. So Kurt, this one is for you. Thanks for coming to visit. I am not joking. In our new-to-us house!
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The Colorado Desert: Home Tour: Entry (Phase 2)
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The life of a transplanted Minnesotan in the colorful Colorado Desert. Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Home Tour: Entry (Phase 2). I did it. I found a bench that meets all of my criteria! It has sat on the floor in the entry since we bought it back in January. I have been looking for a bench or table of some sort to go under the mirror with these criteria:. 3 Be longer than the mirror- over 60 inches. Do you know how hard it is to find a bench over 5 feet long? Neither did I until I started to look. Although t...
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The Colorado Desert: Modified Carrot Cake
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The life of a transplanted Minnesotan in the colorful Colorado Desert. Saturday, August 22, 2009. First off, I would like to thank everyone for the super sweet birthday wishes! You guys are so awesome! Now onto Birthday Cake. I love carrot cake. It might be my favorite cake ever. Except maybe ice cream cake, cheese cake, or anything with cream cheese or ice cream. Yumm. I posted the original recipe for this cake here. Was not an improvement. However, everyone else loved it. Modified Homemade Carrot Cake.
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The Colorado Desert: The one where Taryn got a great deal on a Mirror . . .
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The life of a transplanted Minnesotan in the colorful Colorado Desert. Tuesday, January 12, 2010. The one where Taryn got a great deal on a Mirror . . . The previous owners had some lovely sea turtles in the entry, but I want something bigger. Something with presence. I was hoping to fill the entry with a large mirror and a bench or table. But that was until I started to look at how much mirrors cost. I didn't know that mirrors are wicked expensive for some glass and wood. Did you? Ashley @ The Happy Lit...
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The Colorado Desert
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The life of a transplanted Minnesotan in the colorful Colorado Desert. Friday, April 23, 2010. Hello there friends. If you reading this - then you are still coming to my blog - and you deserve a round of applause! Thanks. I am been more than a little absent lately. I don't know what it is about. I am doing lots of great projects and making good yummy food- but I just don't feel the same. Need to share it with the world. Thanks for making blogging and the internet such an awesome place to be. My name is PJ.
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The Colorado Desert: Lucy's Chili
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The life of a transplanted Minnesotan in the colorful Colorado Desert. Thursday, March 4, 2010. I have failed the menu planning. In order for menu planning to work- you you must go grocery shopping during the weekly sale. I did not. Our stores switch sales on Wednesdays. When I made the menu this weekend, I knew I would only be able to go on Tuesday afternoon, but when that didn't happen . . . well, the menu plan was pretty much useless. Adapted from Lucy Marie. 1/2 lb ground meat (I used turkey). 28 oz ...
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The Colorado Desert: Friday Fail: Puppy Chow
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The life of a transplanted Minnesotan in the colorful Colorado Desert. Friday, April 2, 2010. Friday Fail: Puppy Chow. Haha- just kidding. You can't fail at Puppy Chow! After my previous failures, I decided to go back to an old standby- Puppy Chow. I have not had it since high school and well, I wanted to make something delicious, that would be very difficult to mess up. I am pretty sure if you add chocolate, peanut butter and sugar together, you cannot go wrong. From the back of the Chex box. MMMM I jus...