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Kathy's Spicy Texas Trash Party Mix

Kathy's Spicy Texas Trash Party Mix

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup butter
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons Tony Chachere's

1 teaspoon Tabasco sweet and sour Sauce

1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 cups Rice Chex
2 cups wheat Chex
2 cups pretzel sticks
1 cup salted nuts

DIRECTIONS:

Combine butter, Worcestershire sauce, salt and garlic powder. Blend well in skillet. Add remaining ingredients. Put into a baking dish. Bake at 250 degrees F for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

PUMPKIN FROZEN YOGURT RECIPE

FROZEN YOGURT RECIPE

 

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups Greek low fat yogurt

• 1 1/2 cups whole milk

• 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar

• 2 cups pureed pumpkin

• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon

• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Instructions

1. Whisk all ingredients in a bowl until combined. Place in container of ice cream freezer and freeze according to manufacturer’s instructions.

Read more: http://www.relish.com/recipes/pumpkin-frozen-yogurt/#ixzz28rJ4wDTG


COOKS NOTE: I ADDED 1/4 TSP OF ALLSPICE AS WELL.

KATHY'S CACTUS CORNBREAD

Cactus Cornbread

2 cups diced nopalitos pinch baking soda
3 boxes JIFFY Cornbread mix

6 eggs, beaten
1 cup milk
1/4 cup bacon drippings 
1 can Mexicali corn kernels (drained)

1/2 c crumbled bacon

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Briefly cook nopalitos in boiling water with a pinch of baking soda until they turn from bright to dull green. Drain and set aside. In a large bowl, combine cornbread mix. Add eggs and milk; combine well. Add drippings and mix well. Stir in corn kernels and nopalitos and crumbled bacon. Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 3x8-inch-bread pans and cook until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes (a wooden pick or knife inserted in center should come out clean).

 

 

Guilty! I was caught red faced

my Avon lady was leaving just as my Mary Kay lady

drove up....

I feel like such a cheater...lol

THE HEN HACIENDA

 My husband came up with idea on his own, Its made of heavy duty plywood, covered with knotty pine siding. It has a built in fan and led lighting inside.

 

 He even put a crystal knob on the door to the egg box for our Diva Chickens

 This is Lulu she rules the roost. She is my husbands favorite. She plays tic tac toe, drinks beer and loves to sit on your shoulder like a parrot.

 Here are a few of our hens checking out their new casa.

My sweet husband building the Hen Hacienda

 

At first my husband wasn't really thrilled about getting chickens but they quickly grew on him.We have 5 Bantams of the Five, Two are Layers and Three are loafers. We wont be going into the egg production business anytime soon. We average 3-4 eggs a week sometimes less. I enjoy the hens for their personalities and their antics. Just watching them brings me joy.

 

The girls free range 12 hrs a day 7am-7pm. They definitely let me know when they want out in the morning and sleeping late is not an option. Every evening as soon as it begins to get dusky they go in a procession to the coop and settle in for the night, all I have to do is shut the door. Not shown in the photo is the run off to the left side. The run contains the ladder that leads to the coop as well as their food and water fonts.

PARDON ME MA'AM IS THAT A PEPPER IN YOUR POCKET

I had a kinda embarrassing moment in Whole Foods Market. I was walking thru produce and I started to feel like something was wrong with the back of my dress. All the sudden this woman comes up and says Ma'am and reaches behind me and pulls a long Green Chile Relleno off my butt. Some how the stem had gotten caught in the crochet of my dress and I was walking around with a tail...lol