Pin #23 Dream Kitchen vs. Our Kitchen

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Picture from The Handmade Home 

I am in love with this kitchen picture that my friend pinned the other day. It has so many elements that I want in my dream kitchen: glass front white cabinets, deep porcelain sink, and a big wide window right in front of the sink. Seriously, dishes are so much less boring to do when you can stare out a window while you are working. The best thing about the pictures is the counter tops. We have wooden counter tops in our current house and I was excited to see them in such a fancy kitchen. I'll be honest and say that I haven't always loved the wooden counters. I LOVE how they look, but deep down I have this nagging feeling that now matter how hard I scrub them they aren't as clean as a marble or concrete slab would be. This picture gave me a little hope.

This is the kitchen in our little house. I fell in love with it during our walk through. It has so much character in such a small space.

 There are some quirky things about the kitchen which have been fun to figure out. The house was built before spacious pantries, sink disposals, or big refrigerators, ours is through the arched doorway. It was built when people kept their flour in tin drawers just like these:

We couldn't figure what they heck the drawers were used for at first. I wasn't brave enough to put my flour inside and so I use them for cans and other packaged food. When a kitchen is this small you use all the space you have!
All and all this kitchen has been an adventure. In many ways, I am glad that we don't own the house because there are so serious things I would change, but for now it works. I will take the cool cupboards and the deep farm house sink and maybe, just maybe the wooden counter tops too. 

PIn #22 Navajo Tacos

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These are such a yummy twist on a typical taco. They are a little more labor intensive because you have to make the dough and fry it up, but man the flavor is fantastic. I always like to save a few pieces of dough to fry up and smear with butter and honey for desert. 

Originally, I wanted to try and make the taco dough from scratch, but my laziness won over and I decided to use Rhodes rolls instead. I bought the Texas sized frozen rolls and let them thaw on the counter. You don't really want them to raise.

Stretch them out using your fingers and them place them in oil that is 350 degrees.

Fry them until golden brown and then let them drain a bit a paper towel lined plate

Then load them with all whichever taco toppings you love and eat up