
In honor of the first Packers game of the NFL season, I’m sending Packers cupcakes to UTPA with Ken tomorrow. One of the other guys in his department is from Wisconsin and is also a diehard fan. Together they can celebrate with these Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes with a Dark Chocolate Ganache filling. The “grass” frosting is vanilla butter cream.
Go Packers!
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Oh the weather outside is frightful … 102 degrees. But the fire is so delightful … in the BBQ grill at least. And since we’ve no place to go … at least not until it’s time to pick up Gregory … Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Don’t I wish!
Okay. I admit that the above may seem like a non sequitur, but hang with me for a moment, there’s a perfectly reasonable explanation.
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bacon cheese burger
Bite size (or two).
Creative.
Personalized.
These would be great for a party, either served in a bzillion different condiment combinations OR served as a mini ‘burger bar’ set up.
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These are the most delicious tortilla strips and they are not nearly as greasy nor as salty as the store bought ones. And best yet… they are quick and easy.
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Ken made this amazing salsa today to accompany our simple tilapia. It was delicioso!
The recipe is quick and very easy. It is both delightfully fresh and at the same time full of flavor.
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Here’s a fun and creative mini bite for bentos, dip, soup or simply for snacking.
Make or purchase fresh tortillas – the kind in the silver cooler are the best.
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We're very fortunate to live in a place where the aroma of hot corn tortillas welcomes shoppers at every supermarket, corner grocery, and gas station. This warm, paper-wrapped, ubiquitous food sells from dawn to dark and graces many, many tables valley wide. Early did I learn that any food becomes a 'taco' when wrapped in a tortilla.
But... what do you do with the leftover tortillas?
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Happy Saturday ---
Today is the very first day and definitely the first Saturday that we have had as a family in ages upon ages. With Lent, Holy Week, First HC classes, History competitions, piano festival... I could go on...it's been a long time since we've had family time on a Saturday morning.
This a.m. we got up leisurely. I first woke up at 6:15am feeling as if I had slept in, but after a quick trip to check the kids and to check the news I was back in bed and slept until everyone began waking up at 8:00am. It was glorious. We took the kids out to breakfast at our favorite breakfast place (Tico's) and amazed GDG with the fact that we had barely settled in when our coffee and decaf arrived without speaking a word to anyone. (I guess we have breakfast there, and an occasional lunch, fairly often. Does this make us 'regulars?') After breakfast and a brief stop home we went to the park (the big one in McAllen) and played for a hour+. It was delightful. Once home, MELG laid down to rest (which now I'm beginning to think she's getting Strep...which is going around her school...she's running a fever), GDG worked on his computer a bit and Ken and I proceeded to sweep and straighten the garage a little AND... took all of the recyclables to the Recycling Center. Impressive, wouldn't you say! And to think that some people get two days in a row of this kind of thing each and every single week. What luxury. Later, as MELG continued to rest Ken went to HEB to pick up a few groceries for the weekend including... WINGS. Yes, it's going to be a Hot Wings night!!
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