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Holiday Treats

//Holiday Treats

Treat your family and friends to a special holiday dish.

Kid-friendly Tricks and Treats

By Kelly Bogard Princesses, Ninja Turtles and Super Heroes. Add cute pumpkins, silly clowns and a ghost or two and you have a party. Our neighborhood is “the place” to be on Halloween. My sweet girl loves to help me in the kitchen, especially on Halloween. So here's some kid-friendly treats!     For Ghost Bananas, you [...]

Tastes of fall

By Kelly Bogard It’s finally starting to feel like fall, even if the leaves haven’t started changing colors. With fall weather comes football, crafts and good times with family and friends. And those good times are sure to be shared around a plate of delicious food. Embrace the cooler weather with some of our favorite savory [...]

Sweet Bacon Crackers

By Kelly Bogard Bacon, bacon, bacon. Everywhere I turn, I see something else is made from bacon. Put it on salads, wrap it around steaks or chicken and even add it to your oatmeal for breakfast. It just so happens a very cool food holiday is the weekend of a national holiday this year. Sunday [...]

Tangy Fruit Salsa

By Kelly Bogard The sun is shining! The sun is shining! I am so very excited the days are getting longer and we can enjoy the amazing weather we are having. Now of course, it would be better if we could get some late night, early morning showers to pull us out of the drought. [...]

Back to Basics: Guacamole

By Kelly Bogard What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of food from Texas? For me, it’s not Chicken Fried Steak or BBQ. It is Tex-Mex. And in my opinion, you can’t have Tex-Mex without avocado. Sure, you can have enchiladas and tacos all day in Texas, but wouldn’t it [...]