Go SPURS Go!

We had the opportunity to go to the Spurs game Friday night, courtesy of Lake Flato.

Cheesy Mexican Calzones

Found this recipe in Southern Living. It is great and easy! I plan to post recipes as I come across tasty and easy ones. Let me know if you try it out,


Prep: 10 min., Cook: 10 min., Bake: 26 min. Also tested with frozen vegetables, but we found better flavor and saved money by using a fresh bell pepper and onion.

1 pound ground beef
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 medium onion, halved and sliced
1 large yellow or red bell pepper, sliced
1 (15-oz.) container low-fat ricotta cheese
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons salt-free Southwest chipotle seasoning
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 (13.8-oz.) cans refrigerated pizza crust dough
1/2 cup pizza sauce*
1 (8-oz.) package shredded Mexican four-cheese blend


1. Preheat oven to 425°. Sauté first 4 ingredients in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat 10 minutes or until meat crumbles and is no longer pink and vegetables are lightly browned. Remove from skillet, and drain well.

2. Stir together ricotta cheese, eggs, and seasoning.

3. Unroll 1 can of dough on a lightly greased baking sheet. Stretch dough into a 10- x 13-inch rectangle. Spoon 1/4 cup pizza sauce, 1 cup ricotta mixture, and half of ground beef mixture on half of rectangle, leaving a 1-inch border. Sprinkle with 1 cup cheese. Moisten edges with water; fold dough over, pressing and crimping edges to seal. Cut 3 (1-inch) slits on top of dough to allow steam to escape. Repeat procedure with remaining dough, pizza sauce, ricotta mixture, ground beef mixture, and cheese.

4. Bake at 425° for 24 to 26 minutes or until golden. Serve with additional warm pizza sauce, if desired.

*Marinara sauce may be substituted.
Note: For testing purposes only, we used Mrs. Dash Southwest Chipotle Seasoning Blend.
Yield: Makes 6 servings

Backyard Update

Backyard work continues. We have all the posts up and I am about 60% done with staining. I will post more pictures tomorrow.

This weekend Ryan's little league team The Cardinals had their first scrimmage. Will post pics later...

Landscaper's Challenge Part 2

Rock pile consists of rocks collected in our backyard while cleaning up the fence line. Gotta love the hill country! : )

My beautiful magnolia surrounded by brush....

BOBCAT!!! The backyard neighbors came over wondering what we were "tearing up." We have also had a lot of lookers. The back of our house in an alley that neighbors use while walking their dogs.

Ryan and our neighbor Mario's garage. My red bud tree is almost in full bloom!

Landscaper's Challenge

We have decided to tackle the backyard.

Ryan's brother Brandon came to help, thank you Brandon! Attached are a few"before" and "during" pics. The fence had weeds and trees growing all through it and that ended up to be a challenge. Luckily Dad brought the BOBCAT by and the guys got to work pulling everything out. What would we have done without the bobcat? Thanks Dad!

I will keep you all up to date on the progress.

Ryan is an offical ARCHITECT

The time has come, Ryan is an architect!!!
He passed his 9th and final exam!!!
All that is left is a little paperwork. I am very proud of you babe...CONGRATULATIONS!


jennifer

And so we're back!!!

Hello All!

I know it has been forever since we have updated the blog. A lot has been going on. First, our home computer crashed. This of course really stinks since we did all our updating from home. Ryan and I have also both been very sick. Ryan was sick with a stomach virus and then I got it. Let's just say things were not so pretty around house : )

Our house is still on the market and no offers. We have of course had a lot of showings but no real movement.

Some exciting news, Ryan is the new assistant coach to the Alamo Heights Little League Cardinals. I can't wait to see all the fun he will be having. The boys are ages 8-10. Chase of course is the mascot. First batting practice is tonight, so we will keep you updated.

Hope all is well with everyone!

Jennifer