Cooking, Eating, Living My Sweet Life in Texas
How to Make Empanada and Sope Dough {Video} One of my fondest memories is spending time in the kitchen with my mami making tender flaky empanadas stuffed with rich pumpkin filling. Over the years I’ve shared a few recipes here on Sweet Life, but when Crisco reached out to ask if I along with Yvette…
I love Holiday baking. I love holiday baking with my children. Spending the day in the kitchen baking with my children is one of the best perks of being a mommy and a wonderful way to involve them in the kitchen. When teaching my children to cook I always begin with baking, it’s safer since…
Cranberry-Pecan Coffee Cake I can see why coffeecake is so popular, they are delicious. I am late bloomer to the affections of coffee cake. The attraction for coffee cake came after I was married. Growing up pan dulce served with breakfast was a treat or enjoyed mid-afternoon with a glass of milk. It wasn’t until…
Piloncillo Candied Pecan Pie Growing up November was a month we all looked forward to. Temperatures dropped the kick-off of pecan season and pie! Pecan pie, pecan pie! A Texas Thanksgiving tradition pecan pie can always be found at the center of our table; after all it is our state tree. My mami and abuelita…
Watermelon Salsa Have you heard this Texas joke? “Texas has four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Christmas.” Well that joke is 100% true. , fall is in full swing in every other state, but get this… yesterday our temperature was highs in the 90’s. I’m half-heartedly complaining – As a proud Tejana I…
Mexican Chicken with Cashew-Chile Cream My Mami makes a creamy sauce from peanuts that she serves over chicken. It was one of my grandfather’s favorite dishes and over the years it has become one of recipes I crave as when the temperatures drop. Mami’s peanut chicken dish is made with a whole fryer chicken, is…
Watermelon Cucumber Salad with Pepita Dressing I recently left for a week on a fascinating adventure to Wyoming, more on this soon I promise. This had been the longest I had been away from home, ever. I usually travel for Sweet Life a quick weekend, a few days, but never a week. It took all…
Pinto Bean Sausage Quesadillas Football season is officially back! And every great football game needs great – football food! I enjoy having the entire familia over on Sundays, we lounge on the couches, kick up our feet and watch the game. I clear off the coffee table, throw on a tablecloth and set out platters of…
