Pumpkin Crisp

October was such a CRAZY month, it practically flew by! November seems to be doing the exact same thing, but we won't let it fly by without sharing some brand new recipes, diy's and beauty secrets. The holiday season is right around the corner and we have some pretty great ideas. Plus come on who doesn't get excited about turkey, pumpkin pie, christmas cookies and tamales?

Since it's still a little over a week till Thanksgiving we have a dessert that will hold you over till then. It's our delicious pumpkin crisp. It tastes just like the holidays without spending a ton of time in the kitchen. You just throw all the ingredients together, bake and voila a tasty pumpkin crisp. Top it off with whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon and heaven! This dessert might even be an option on turkey day. It has pumpkin filling, pecans, butter and nutmeg. It's just SCREAMS Thanksgiving!!!

Rocky Top Popcorn

Football season is upon us (Go Texans!) *pause for the gasp that we're not Cowboys fans*. But football means tailgates, fantasy football and Super Bowl parties. And what's better at parties other than hot wings and beer? Pigs in a blanket! No, just kidding...Popcorn! Although the standard "movie" popcorn with extra butter is hard to beat we think this recipe might be right up there with it. Plus this recipe has bacon! And who in the world doesn't love bacon? I can't think of any dish that we wouldn't want to add bacon too, except maybe spaghetti. That doesn't sound to appealing. This popcorn has been tested and approved. Seriously, we licked the bowl clean. Tmi? With the sweetness from the butter to the savory of the bacon it can't miss. Plus, it has parmesan cheese and ranch dressing mix. I mean c'mon it's making our mouths water just writing this. Perfect snack for all the hungry guests you'll be having over. And if your not into football it's great for watching movies or just to snack on. Everyone will love it. Guaranteed! 

Rocky Top Popcorn:

4 cooked bacon slices

1 bag buttered popcorn

1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

2 tsp buttermilk ranch dressing mix

1/4 tsp black pepper

Chop up the cooked bacon into small pieces. Pop popcorn. Toss together the popcorn, bacon, parmesan cheese, and ranch dressing mix. Sprinkle with black pepper and serve immediately.

*courtesy of The Official SEC Tailgating Cookbook 

SKINNY Tequila Cocktail

Lets be honest, being on a diet sucks. Depriving yourself of all the delicious foods you could be eating. Meanwhile your eating a lean cuisine microwaveable dinner and wishing it was a big bowl of carb loaded pasta worth at least 27000 points on weight watchers. Horrible, no? Yes. We'll go on the record as saying though, weight watchers is a great program. Jennifer Hudson makes us feel so bad about ourselves. If your on a diet or have ever been on one then you know they always say to cut out the cocktails. Well we say "screw that!" Taking away a persons cocktails should be a crime. We know summer is pretty much over so the "beach body" you were trying to achieve (or did achieve) will be hidden under sweaters and jackets. We apologize for the late "skinny cocktail" post. Here in our house we are trying to concentrate on eating healthy and working out daily so we came up with a cocktail that won't have you hating yourself after drinking it. This drink is a guilt free cocktail you can have on the daily, and works perfect if your trying to stay on track with your calories. Go ahead and have more than one, or two, or three. Just kidding don't go overboard. We're here to motivate not sabotage. 

SKINNY Tequila Cocktail:
Juice from 1 orange
Juice from 1/2 a lime
2 oz pineapple juice
1 1/2 oz tequila
one slice of jalapeno

Shake all ingredients in a chilled cocktail shaker. Strain into a a cocktail glass, garnish with lime or jalapeno.

*recipe can be doubled very easily

Homemade Pumpkin Spice Syrup

Are we jumping the gun by posting a recipe for pumpkin spice syrup? No? OK good. We know in Texas its going to continue to be hot until October but we figure if Starbucks can start selling their pumpkin spice lattes than we can surely post about it. We think after Labor Day it should be mandatory that all the leaves change colors, the weather stay at a cool 60 degrees and nobody looks at us like we have two heads when we walk out of the house with a scarf on. Is that to much to ask? I think not. Surely mother nature can surely handle that. The holidays is our favorite time of year. Its snuggle weather (with our cats of course) so everyone wants to be inside. We are notorious hot chocolate makers so we thought of making this syrup to spice up any of our hot beverages. We are all about easy recipes, seriously the least amount of steps the better and this recipe delivers. Other homemade pumpkin spice syrup recipes call for you to blend the milk and canned pumpkin. Not this one! Plus you can keep it in your refrigerator for weeks and it will still be good! This syrup is great because you can use it with soooo many drinks, hot and cold. We've tried it with hot chocolate and regular hot coffee but you can surely have it with iced coffee or blended coffee's like frappacinos. Nothing says "fall" like a pumpkin spice beverage so make some syrup and go carve a pumpkin or something. Happy syrup making!

Berry Good Skin

In just a couple of weeks I'm getting ready to celebrate another birthday. Another year older and definitely wiser. But the older I get I start to see those lines around my eyes that I've never seen before. Even those "age defying" products start to seem like a good idea. I've always tried to take good care of my skin but now it just seems extra important. Thanks to Pinterest I found a link full of smoothie recipes perfect for keeping my face looking radiant. This recipes are full of kale, chai seeds and fruit. 

Just remember your diet is just as important as slathering on that sunblock. These recipes help to reduce any irritation and repair any damage, leaving your skin glowing. Cheers to healthy skin!

The Ultimate Chicken Salad

There is something about a go to dish that can make you feel so housewifey.  A little Betty Draper if you will, but without the alcoholic, cheating husband and three kids thing. We're also not blonde or housewives but you get the picture. Every lady has a dish that she can whip up in a moments notice and its our personal belief that anything with salad on the end is pretty much that kind of dish. Think about it, tuna SALAD, pasta SALAD, egg SALAD. Cesar SALAD, Greek SALAD. We could keep going but we think our salad point is made. The contents of all these 'salads' is just chopping and mixing. It's so easy a monkey could do it (although we wouldn't recommend that) This chicken salad we have for you is something of perfection. It's easy, delicious and takes no skill at all. It's perfect for picnic's, beach days, pool days, or a quick lunch for your kiddos. We can't take all the credit though. a very skillful lady turned us on to this recipe. You might know her as the Pioneer Woman. If you haven't been living under a rock then you know who we're talking about, if not we highly recommend checking her out. She's the ultimate housewife! We love her and guarantee you'll love this recipe! 

Cherry Margarita

Some people might consider us hoarders, well mason jar hoarders at least. We have a TON of them, and all different sizes too. Sure we put them to good use. You know somehow sweet tea seems extra sweet when its served in a mason jar. Remember they are considered the wine glasses of the south! So why not give them some extra love? Our friend threw out the fabulous idea of having a Mason Jar Cocktail month. (thanks Kara) I think she may know us too well, but why couldn't we have thought of it ourselves? Anyhoo the whole month of August will be filled with delicious and refreshing Mason Jar Cocktails. We have plenty of cocktail recipes but if y'all have any that you'd LOVE to share, we'd LOVE to make them.

Dare We Say, Healthy Guacamole

Guacamole and Margarita's are pretty much our staple combo. We eat a LOT of guacamole and while avocados are good for you if you quite a few it's not as healthy. I discovered a healthier version, it's just the same but you use asparagus. Yup that's right it's the one surprise element to this guacamole. You can't even taste the difference. I had my sisters try it and they had no idea what was different. It's great to entertain with and I bet NO ONE will ever know your little healthy ingredient.

Healthy Guacamole:

2 medium avocados

10-12 asparagus stalks

diced tomato

1 tbsp of lime juice 

salt and garlic powder to taste

*diced jalapeno is optional

Cut the avocados in half, remove the pit and scoop out the inside. Chop the ends of the asparagus and discard. Chop the remaining asparagus into smaller pieces. Throw it all in a blender and puree until smooth. Chop up the tomatoes, add them as well as the salt, lime juice and garlic powder. Serve immediately.

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Throughout August we'll have a Mason Jar Cocktails, come check it out!!

Rum Soaked Grilled Fruit Kabobs

Society tells us that men should be grilling and the ladies should be sitting by the pool with a mojito, right? We're pretty sure that's how it goes. Now, as much as we agree with the mojito part we're open to the 'men can only grill' thing. We are proof that ladies can grill too WHILE drinking a mojito (we're ladies of many talents) By no means are we saying men can't make these delicious kabobs. But ladies, if your having your girls over for a pool party by all means bust out your grilling tools and make these delicious kabobs! They are easy, delicious, healthy and the best part.... soaked in rum! We thought you might like that part! (we like to sneak alcohol in all things we do) Your welcome! But who doesn't like fruit right? And if you don't like GRILLED fruit then you need your taste buds checked. Grilling is summers past time so we are right on trend. 

Make these happen you guys, and gals. Your taste buds are screaming for them! 

Peach Floating Cobbler

Summer is finally here you know what that means, raspa's, drinks by the pool and of course ice cream floats. These aren't just root beer floats though they are peach cobbler floats. This ice cream float  recipe is amazeballs (yup that's a real word) It's a fruit cobbler with a scoop of ice cream, only you drink it with a straw. Trust us its delish! It's so easy to make, all of you non bakers would love this. 

We're definitely those girls that bake something every chance they get but who wants to turn on the oven when it's 110 degrees outside. That's why these are so perfect. It tastes just like a fruit cobbler only there's no measuring cups or spoons involved. Plus it's all made and enjoyed in one cup so adios dirty dishes. 

The best thing, other than not washing dishes, is these floating cobblers can be made with just about any fruit.  One of the main ingredients in these little cups of heaven is the flavored soda. Peach soda with peach cobbler, blueberry soda with blueberry cobbler and so on. Just check your grocery store to see what flavor soda's they carry. We stuck with the IZZE products, they have tons and tons of flavors. They won't disappoint.  

The only thing to remember when making these floating cobblers is try not to eat all the ingredients while you're putting it together. The mason jars want some too!

Peach Floating Cobblers

Sliced peaches

Vanilla Ice Cream

Peach Flavored Soda

1 sugar cookie

Cinnamon

1. Alternately layer your vanilla ice cream and sliced peaches in your mason jar or cup. Starting with the ice cream layer first.

2. Take your peach soda and pour it in your glass till the soda reaches the top.

3. Put a dollop of ice cream on the top.

4. Crush a sugar cookie on top of the float and add a dash of cinnamon.

Spicy Jalapeno Watermelon Margarita

Perfecting the perfect margarita can be a bit challenging. Believe me though if there is one thing we know it's a good margarita! When you're born and raised in San Antonio you learn a few things.

This spicy and sweet Jalapeno Watermelon Margarita is one of those margarita recipes that everyone should have on hand. It's a perfect drink for summer. It wakes up your taste buds with that kick of jalapeno and the sweetness of the watermelon just finishes off the drink perfectly. Katy is our resident bartender in our household so she uses nothing but the freshest ingredients. Fresh watermelon is the key to this drink. Just cut up your watermelon in chunks and blend on high speed. When the watermelon is pureed sieve it through a strainer so you get nothing but that beautiful watermelon juice. As for us we only added one round slice of seedless jalapeno, but if your feeling a bit more daring you can always use two slices. 

Its been Style Dossier tested and mother approved (literally) so you know it has to be good. We cant wait for you to try it! Let us know what you guys think! 

Jalapeno Watermelon Margarita:

1 oz tequila

1 oz fresh lime juice

1/2 oz agave

1/2 oz fresh orange juice

2 oz fresh watermelon juice

1 slice of seedless jalapeno

Pour all the ingredients including the sliced jalapeno into a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously and strain into a salt rimmed glass. Garnish with fresh limes, chunks of watermelon or jalapeno slices. Enjoy!

Roasted Tomatillo Avocado Salsa

We have discovered something pretty great just recently, roasted tomatillo avocado salsa. Believe us this little  recipe is delish! We dip our chips in it, we put it on our eggs, in fact the only thing we don't do is drink it. 

By roasting pretty much all the ingredients you bring out that roasty flavor as well as bring out the sweetness in the shallots and garlic. Roasting the ingredients only takes five minutes than you can let your blender do the rest of the work. 

This is definitely a different take on guacamole or salsa. It's spicy and tart all at the same time. Just one little tip don't forget to rinse off the tomatillo's when you pull the leaves back, they tend to be a little slimy. This recipe holds well for a few days in the fridge but I'm pretty sure it won't last that long. 

Corn In A Cup

There's something about Fiesta that makes all the food tastes so much better. When you walk through La Villita you get the wafting scents of marinating steak & gorditas on a cast iron skillet. Now who knows it could be the mexican beer or just the pure excitement of Fiesta that makes everything taste that much better. Either way the chalupa's, taco's & of course corn in a cup taste amazing. There's nothing fancy about this corn in a cup recipe, it's just purely simple but purely delicious. It's just five basic ingredients. Sometimes the best recipe's are the easiest, don't ya think?

CHILI baby

Hey y'all! It feels so good to be blogging again. Who knew that editing food pictures could make me so happy! Boy do we have a fabulous recipe for you. A great Turkey Chili that's perfect for those cold nights. It's healthy but a little spicy all @ the same time. I got this recipe from Food Network but I changed it up a bit. I just added a can of diced tomato's & took out a few jalapenos (Katy is a big wimp when it comes to spicy food). It's the perfect recipe to feed a crowd, maybe the Superbowl perhaps? This chili is so good that my dad told me "it gives your mom's chili a run for it's money." Wow thanks dad!! 

Easy Peezy Lemon Squeezy

You may have noticed that my sister's & I are Hispanic. That's a no brainer. But if you knew us you might think we had a little Italian in us. My whole family loves Italian food way to much. We love trying new pasta recipes. Thanks to Pinterest I've found some really great recipe's. This pasta dish has two starts, lemon & garlic. Sounds pretty easy right? This dish takes no time @ all to make & it tastes so light & refreshing. It's perfect for the weekday meals, or when you need to throw something together quickly but has tons of flavor. Lately I've been craving this pasta which is NOT good for my hips!