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Texas Sheet Cake

Texas Sheet Cake Texas sized goodness this chocolaty Texas Sheet Cake has got to be one of my family’s favorite recipes. This is my little sister’s go to birthday cake for her daughters, those little gals have great taste. I mean can you blame them? A supersized sheet cake topped with chocolate frosting and pecans, […]

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Vianney Rodriguez is an Award-Winning Food Blogger, Recipe Developer and the Author of Latin Twist, a collection of nearly 100 delicious Latin-inspired cocktails and the forthcoming The Tex-Mex Slow Cooker, a gorgeous cookbook filled with 100 incredible Tex-Mex recipes that you can easily make at home in your slow cooker. Vianney is a native of […]

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Southern Living 2020 Cooks of the Year Vianney Rodriguez’s earliest culinary memory is watching her mother and abuelita (grandmother) roll out empanada dough. “They had a perfect rhythm going,” she says. “It was their little magic, and I always wanted to be a part of that.” Rodriguez says she is a Texan […]

Meet Sweet Life

Welcome to Sweet Life! Hi, I’m Vianney Rodriguez, the founder, recipe developer and South Texas foodie behind Sweet Life. I’m also the Author of Latin Twist, a collection of nearly 100 delicious Latin-inspired cocktails and the The Tex-Mex Slow Cooker, a gorgeous cookbook filled with 100 incredible Tex-Mex recipes that you can easily make at […]

Mexican Fettucine Cabonara

Life has been extra busy these last few months, so I find myself pulling back from recipes that require time that at the moment I don’t have. Having a pantry stocked with a few essential ingredients make all the difference when deciding what to make for dinner. I always have pasta and a few jars […]

Spicy Citrus Chocolate Hummus Cake

This post brought to you by Sabra Dipping Co, LLC.. All opinions are 100% mine. My parents have been on a mission to spruce up their backyard. A new fence, a few truck loads of dirt to even out their lots and lots and lots of tree trimming. Big potted planters have been moved, little […]

Grapefruit and Hearts of Palm Salad

Grapefruit and Hearts of Palm Salad sirve 4-6 receta de Cooking Light 2 cucharadas de aceite de canola 1/2 cucharadita de ralladura de corteza de limón 1 cucharada de jugo de limón fresco 1 cucharada de mayonesa de canola 1 cucharadita de miel 1/8 cucharadita recién molida de pimienta negro […]

Turkey Picadillo Empanadas – Empanadas de Picadillo de Pavo

Turkey Picadillo Empanadas My hubby loves breakfast sausage with his stack of Saturday morning pancakes. He also loves breakfast sausage with his eggs, on his tostadas, over his chilaquiles and on his pizza. He can’t get enough of it. So when I was asked to create a new recipe using Jimmy Dean fully cooked […]

Beer Braised Brisket – Brisket Estofada en Cerveza

Beer Braised Brisket – Brisket Estofada en Cerveza Football in Texas – screams, requires, must have, and goes hand in hand WITH Brisket. You just have to serve brisket, even though our team was a bust this year – a major bust. I mean hey we got the number one draft pick, that says it […]