Tasty Tuesday - Chocolate covered strawberries & pretzel rods!

Welcome everyone...I hope you are all having a great day.

Here are some yummy treats that I made for Valentines day....but one could definitely make them at any time.  I know I'm all late with my V-day goodies, lol!

Two thumbs up from theHubs!



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Tasty Tuesday - Easy Cheesy Bread

I'm so happy - Houston has some cooler weather in the forecast.  It makes me even more excited for the Fall/Winter weather.  So I really hope it stays a while.  There's nothing suckier than having a warm Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas!

On to Tasty Tuesday......

This is super easy and quick to make at home with bread slices or left over burger or hot dog buns.  I don't know why we always have buns left over, but we do and I try to use them.  

Sometimes theHubs will ask for some toasty bread to go along with dinner and I'm happy to oblige.  He'll usually ask when we have "said" leftover bread/buns.  Which is great because, the only thing that I hate to do more is walk into the grocery store to buy 1 thing like bread or a oddball list of items like - Drain-O, Jello, and charcoal. Yup, weird stares galore.  Can you say episode of "Snapped", lol!!   Which by the way is our favorite show to watch on Sundays, we're just weird like that!  We have some deep convo's on some of those episodes, lol!  Anyways back to the bread.

1) Set the oven to 400°

2) Prepare bread -
I butter both sides, 
sprinkle with garlic salt,
a little shredded cheese and
dried parsley.
(this stuff can be
put on the 1 top side)

3) Put bread on foiled baking pan (I use the pizza pan)
4) Then pop them into the oven and bake for 5-7 minutes. 
It varies so you might want to keep an eye on it.

Yummy and easy!

Have a great day!

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Tasty Tuesday - Parmesan crusted Asparagus with Garlic salt and parsley

How is it that I do not like tomatoes, onions or avocados.....but I can stuff myself silly with asparagus???  Crazy huh!!  I'm a weirdo I guess. 

It seems like Parmesan crusted asparagus is all the rage these days.  Hey you can put Parmesan on just about anything and it would be delish.  Well, I've been eating these babies for a long time now.....and theHubs always gives two thumbs up when I make these.  So if your into eating these yummy little green sticks and have never seen this recipe before....try it! 

What is needed:

Asparagus

Garlic Salt

Parsley

Parmesan

Olive oil

knife/shears

baking sheet

foil

stove (duh) 

This is how I make them:

Pre-heat oven to 400º

Rinse off the little green sticks and pat dry

Cut off the bottom stems (or cut, then rinse, whatever you want)

Align them on a foil lined baking sheet. (I sprayed the foil with some Pam)

Drizzle olive oil over the asparagus

Then add the garlic salt, parsley and then the Parmesan

Add till your heart is happy!! It's up to you!

Pop them in the oven for about 10-15 minutes.

The thicker ones usually take a little longer.

After they're done scoop them up and plate them.

This is super delicious as a side or appetizer.  

Yummy, yummy in my tummy!!



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Tasty Tuesday - Snack Time

This has to be the BEST SNACK EVER........

I have only ever seen these at HEB or Central Market.  So I'm not sure which other grocery store they can be found outside of Texas.  Here is their website, maybe they have a list of where their product is sold. They are made fresh in the store, near the deli section.  You can't miss them....you'll also hear a loud pop by the machine that is popping them out like little frisbee's. 

Made from wheat, brown rice and corn!! They come in about 7 different flavors that I've seen.  And only 15 calories per piece!

To make it even yummier, we add some Nutella!!  Shoot I think I'd eat an old shoe with Nutella, I love this stuff! Any who, I've topped them with Turkey salad, used them with dips or just plain by themselves. Yummy!

I don't feel like I'm cheating when I eat this...it's really, really good.  It's only cheating when I'm still eating Nutella by the spoonfuls, what...you do it too!  I hope that they're in stores near you...I don't want you to miss out on the yumminess.

***I am not being paid to endorse these products.  These are my personal opinions.

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Tasty Tuesday - Donuts, the poor man variety! YUMMMMM!!!

A few weeks ago while browsing blog land I came across a post from The Momma Hen at Momma Hen's Frugal Life.  I absolutely love her blog.  She does some amazing stuff, in her home.  So go and check her out.  Well she had a post about these..... yummy poor man donuts. I wrote to her telling her that my mom would make these for us all the time, and that I was going home to make them. Weeeell it only took me a couple of weeks, but I finally remembered to buy the stuff last week.  The hubs had never eaten them as donuts before, so I made him some.  I don't know if this is done everywhere but they do serve fried biscuits dipped in sugar at some of the Chinese food buffets, you know....since I live in TX near Houston (aka the fattest city in the US, hmmm I wonder if we're still #1).  LOL!!

Here is what I used:

biscuits (homestyle)

cooking oil 

sugar/ cinnamon

butter

Open the biscuits and lay them out on a plate.

Now to make my donuts.  You can use your thumb or a soda top to make the holes.  I used the soda top.

When the oil is hot enough, carefully place the dough in the pan.

The yummy little things will cook up fast, so keep a close eye on them.  You want them a golden brown then flip and do the other side.  I had a slight casualty burn on one of the donuts, I turned away to mix the cinnamon and sugar. 

I don't know what happened to the picture but, put the donuts on a napkin to absorb the oil.  Melt some butter and mix up your sugar & cinnamon. The donuts will still be warm.  Carefully dip one side of the donut into the butter, then do the other side.  Then gently press it into the sugar, flip and repeat.

Can you see my casualty donut?

See all gone.....even with a few little burnt spots. Okay before you think OMG little piggy ate them all...they were really small and I helped out.  Hubby gave two thumbs up for these!  I can't make these all the time...it would really kill our diets.

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Tasty Tuesdays.....

Who watches Diners, Drive-In's & Dives?  My hubby watches it religiously, even the reruns!!  Which is fine since I love the show.  We've visited most of the featured restaurants in Houston and surrounding areas and love all of them.....


One of our favorites is T-Bone Toms in Kemah, Texas.  When we visited I ordered "the Pig", which is a pulled pork sandwich.   I must say it's one of the tastiest pulled pork sandwiches that I've ever eaten.

The Pig!!  I felt like a pig after eating all of it!!

Sorry!!  I had already eaten half the sandwich before I remembered to take the picture!! It was yuh-uh-my! The sauce was delish and the potato-salad was great.

We also ordered a appetizer which were called Armadillo Eggs!! I kept calling them Armadillo balls, oopsie!! lol!!  These were really tasty as well!!  The breading is filled with chopped brisket and jalapeno with a side of ranch for dipping.  I'm not a jalapeno kind of gal, so I took it out as you can see in the pic.

Armadillo balls Eggs!!

If you're ever in the Kemah area, go on and give it a try.....They have a big menu for you to try!


Happy Eating!!