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Watermelon-Lime Soda

Watermelon-Lime Soda I’m heading to Frio this weekend with the entire familia to float down the river. Enjoying the Frio river has become a yearly family tradition, a last hurrah for the kids before heading back to school. We’re hitting Frio a little late this year due to my travel schedule and a few kinks in the planning. Pretty late that the kids are wrapping up their third week of school, but that’s not stopping us from hitting the river. We pack light – swimsuits and shorts, wine and beer, chips and salsa and bring along pre-made meals. We make… Read More

Watermelon Cucumber Salad with Pepita Dressing

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 my will to simply pack I hadn’t even step out the door and I was already feeling homesick. On most Sundays I try to gather the entire family to enjoy dinner together, but decided to throw a quick meal together and have everyone over. In… Read More

Pinto Bean Sausage Quesadillas

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 appetizers that we can enjoy during the game. A platter of tostadas, a platter of nachos, a platter of crispy tacos and always, always a platter of quesadillas. Quesadillas are not only a family favorite, but seriously they are so easy, super easy to make… Read More

Peach Bourbon Sweet Tea

Peach Bourbon Sweet Tea I’m still hanging on to summer, which is easy living in South Texas with our daily highs holding steady at 95 degrees. Juicy peaches, sweet watermelons and crisp cucumber have been my choice as of lately to spruce up my weekend cocktails. Muddled, juiced or used to infuse simple syrup my weekends have been mighty tasty. Down to my last few Fredericksburg peaches I decided it was time to combine them with Texas tea and drown out the heat with an icy cold bourbon cocktail. I spruced up a Cooking Light recipe I had bookmarked in… Read More

Granola Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sweet Life Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Nature Valley™ through their partnership with POPSUGAR Select. While I was compensated to write a post about Nature Valley™ Protein Granola, all opinions are my own. Granola Chocolate Chip Cookies I was addicted, obsessed with Oat and Honey Nature Valley™ Granola bars during my junior year in High School. They were the ultimate mid-day snack I would slide a few bars into my purse and proceed with what I thought was a busy day. From band practice to class to tennis practice I was ready to conquer my day with my granola… Read More

Mexican Breakfast Pizza

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Sabra Dipping Co, LLC. for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Mexican Breakfast Pizza Mi carino is all about breakfast. It’s his favorite meal of the day, the meal to kick off his day and the energy source to fuel him well past lunch. He often calls me while out running errands to ask if I need any eggs, do I have bacon or are there plenty of tortillas for the next day. For most part his daily breakfast plate is nothing over the moon fabulous – scrambled eggs with spinach and… Read More

Frozen Strawberry-Chile Margaritas

Frozen Strawberry-Chile Margarita Why not make your weekend celebration even brighter with these easy-to-make frozen strawberry-chile margaritas? These strawberry-chile margaritas start with real strawberries-plump, juicy and bursting with summer goodness! Add a heaping spoon of green chiles for a warm touch, no need to worry these margaritas are not spicy. The green chiles enhance the sweet goodness of the strawberries and leave a warm tingle on the tongue. Margaritas are one of my favorite year round drinks and if you’ve never made them from scratch, you’re really missing out. Prepared in the blender these margaritas are super easy and on the… Read More

SweetPotato Churro Bites

Sweet Life Disclosure: this is a compensated campaign in collaboration with California Sweetpotatoes and Latina Bloggers Connect. However all opinions and ideas are 100% my own. SweetPotato Churro Bites We’re doing the back to school dance or least I am. Summer flew by this year with traveling, spending time with the familia and staying up way to late, mama needs her sleep and boy am I ready to get back on a regular schedule. The first weeks of school two things are certain chaos and rain. Ever since I can remember it has rained the first weeks of school in our tiny South… Read More