Torchy's Tacos

Crossroads and Trailer Park Tacos

from Torchy's

My new favorite taco place

Based out of Austin

This one is located

on Forest close to Preston

in Dallas

Faithful Followers

Please, please do not give up on this blog.  I haven't forgotten it. Life just got in the way lately, and I hope to be back online within the next week or so! 

Meet Bahama - the Llama

Meet the latest addition

at my dad's

In addition to the horses, dogs & cats

He is pretty dang cute

Black & Decker Cordless Screwdriver

Isn't this soo cute???

I just bought it

on sale

at Target

for

$15 dollars

Better Homes & Garden Printable Labels for the Holidays

I apologize for not posting much lately!

I didn't feel well during

Thanksgiving

so

my creativity waned a bit

but

I did do this

which was so easy

I printed the labels on regular paper

I bought cheap wines
that had labels that just
peeled off
I used krazy glue
(the one with a brush)
and
they turned out pretty cool

I can't wait to print the Christmas labels

Throwdown with Bobby Flay with The Pioneer Woman

It was almost a year ago

when I went to my first book signing

to meet Ree Drummond,

 The Pioneer Woman.

Then,

just recently,

I went to

 my second book signing

to meet Bobby Flay

from the Food Network

Well,

you can just imagine

my excitement

when I got a message

from a friend on Facebook last night

that The Pioneer Woman 

had actually challenged

Bobby Flay

on his own show, Throwdown

to a Thanksgiving Throwdown 

Total Greatness

Kitchen Aid Mixer

KitchenAid mixer

How have I ever survived without you?

It was a "hand me down"

I am embarrassed to admit

that I was intimidated

by this appliance

so...

it has been

sitting on the

top shelf of my pantry

for a very long time

tragedy

Watching my friend use hers

to make

homemade pasta

and

homemade butter

finally made me take 

it out of the pantry

It is now a

permanent fixture  

in my kitchen

Now, all I need

(for now)

is

 the

pasta attachment

Betty Crocker Decadent Supreme Cinnamon Swirl Cake

This is one of my son's favorite cakes

Some things just taste better baked in a bundt pan

Cinnamon glaze

powdered sugar.milk.vanilla

 

So Yummy!!!

Fall Table Decor

A while back I posted

about my fun placemat collection

Here is my fall table decoration

Torre di Pietra - Fredericksburg Winery

A couple weekends ago

I went to Fredericksburg

for a very brief visit

with Aunt Janae

We stopped at several vineyards

(I will be posting about our stop to Becker Vineyards soon)

We had our first glass of wine

@ 

Torre di Pietra 

What a lovely winery

I really liked

the

chenin blanc

Chocolate-Red Wine Cake

Chocolate-Zinfindel Port Cake

About a year ago, I clipped this recipe

out of

 Food & Wine Magazine 

I was meeting my friends

for a birthday dinner

at our favorite winery

San Martino

I was assigned dessert

so I decided to try this recipe

I wanted to use something from the winery

So, I used this Zin Port

since it goes well with chocolate

Wow!

What a kick 



The recipes says to sprinkle with powdered sugar
but
I thought it needed this chocolate glaze