Merry Christmas from

my home to yours!

 

Three Bloggers Enjoy a Christmas Party!

There are great parties.

Then there is great food at great parties

Then there is great music, great food at great parties.

But the BEST is GREAT friends at great parties!!

In case you do not recognize these three women:

Left: Moi! Ladybug Creek

Center: Laura of White Spray Paint

http://whitespraypaint.blogspot.com/

Right: Nancy of Nancy's Notes

http://nancyozema.blogspot.com/

Here are just some of the refreshments served

at our Christmas Dance.

I prepared the Paula Deen's

Shrimp Butter

2 sticks butter, room temperature

1 Tbsp. sherry

1 tsp. lemon zest

1 tsp. House Seasoning (1 c. salt, 1/4 c. black pepper, 1/4 c. garlic powder)

cayenne pepper to taste

2 (3 oz.) packages cream cheese, softened

2 Tbsp. onion, chopped (I used green onion)

1 lb. shrimp, shelled, deveined and cooked

Paprika for garnish

Put all ingredients except shrimp and paprika into a food processor. Process until well mixed. Drop in shrimp and process until pureed or chopped to desired consistency.

Garnish with paprika. Serve with crackers as an appetizer.

I added a few drops of Tabasco sauce.

I'm sharing my post with

Little Red House

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for Mosaic Monday

I'm also linking to

All the Small Stuff for

Tuesdays at the Table

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Christmas Dance Sneak Peak!

Here is a sneak peak at just a few

of the tables decorated for our

Christmas Dance.

Mind you there will be candles and

tiny lights that will add to the glow.

We'll be rockin' and rollin'

TONIGHT!

 

Hosting a Christmas Dance! - Turn your sound down!! :-)

1985

If you read White Spray Paint

and I certainly hope you do...

You will already know that we are

in the throws of planning a

Christmas dance.

Not just any dance...

It's a recreation of a Christmas dance

we hosted in 1985.

Now rarely does anyone like looking back at

old photos where we see ourselves in goofy

hairdos and clothes (mother told us we'd be sorry

and after all these years... I will admit she was RIGHT!)

But this dance was totally the "bomb" so

over a Mexican dinner which included a few margaritas

we decided to host the dance again... same hosts.

Laura has reviewed the refreshments we are each

bringing, but we also have to come up with

a sweet as well as a savory "surprise".

Mine will be muffin paper cups of

bread pudding topped with bourbon sauce

and also I will prepare

shrimp butter served with crackers.

We'll dance to tunes from the '60's, '7o's and '80's.

Our aging joints will scream out in pain.

Our bunions will holler "stop"!

Our ears will be ringing throughout the night...

and possibly the next day.

All I can say is...

Bring it on!!

I know you're wondering... I am fifth from the left, middle row... black sparkly top and dig those false eyelashes! Miss Laura is on the far right. Now don't tell her I spilled the beans!!

I'm linking to

Colorado Lady's

Vintage Thingy Thursday.

http://coloradolady.blogspot.com/

After all... the folks in the picture are pretty vintage now!

Chorizo Con Huevos - Buen Provecho!

 

Chorizo con Huevos

at Las Islas Ranch

We spent Thanksgiving at our deer lease in deep south Texas. Breakfast is always delicious and filling as it is

enjoyed after a morning in the brush.

This morning it was chorizo con huevos...

sausage and eggs, Mexican style!

It has long been a family favorite.

I must admit.. I cannot make flour tortillas.

So I do the next best thing..

I buy them!

Exquisita brand is our favorite.

I place them in a hot skillet and cook them until

they are lightly browned and puffy.

I keep them warm nestled in a linen tea towel.

This is the ONLY chorizo I use.

Chorizo de San Manuel...

pork sausage with wonderful spices.

Remove the chorizo from the casing and cook slowly in

a skillet. A conscientious cook would carefully drain off the

juices to cut back on the fat, however, with that you will

lose a great deal of flavor.

Cook for about 15 minutes or so.

Crack a dozen eggs on top of the chorizo.

Let the white form a little and then stir the eggs into

the chorizo.

Add extra cracked pepper.

Now these are the additions that some people

like to add:

1 - pico de gallo or in Mexico - Salsa Mexicana

(chopped onion, tomato, cilantro and serrano chili)

2 - grated cheese

3 - onion

Place about three serving spoons full of

chorizo con huevos in each warm tortilla.

Serve this with fresh fruit and hot coffee or cocoa and

you have the breakfast of champions!

"Buen provecho!!"

I'm linking to Little Red House for

Mosaic Monday

Be sure to visit to see beautiful collages!

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I'm also  linking to

Blessed with Grace for

Tempt My Tummy Tuesdays

Check this out for some scrumptious recipes!

Today it's Brown Sugar Fudge...

http://www.blessedwithgrace.net/

Reached My Limit!

This is the tree that I absolutely-had-to-have-or-I-would-never-make-it-through-the-decorating-saga-known-as...

Decorating for the holidays!

Disclaimer:  I resist using the "C" word in decorating as I am very aware that Christmas would not lose it's meaning one bit if for some reason I had no tree at all... nor decorations.

I am in a major dither of frustration...

?How to decorate a pewter-colored tree?

In my mind I thought I had the color scheme figured out, but

that did not mean it WAS.

Notice the Persian rug on the floor of the room?

I figure the colors should at least blend with it.

Am I correct?

I am counting on your opinion...

so here is your chance.

I have reached my limit of imagination.

I'm linking to Little Red House

for Mosaic Monday

http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/

P.S.  I should add that I have always had a traditional green tree.. although artificial. Lesson I have learned here... when making a drastic change as I have done.. have a plan! ;-)