This past week, I have celebrated my Airman dad and our armed forces through fun feasts!
Taylor County Taphouse (Military Discount)
Dallas Blonde & Pear Ale ~ CHEERS!!! — at The Taylor County Taphouse.
Unique array of appetizers & entrées: CFS * Waffle Wings 🍗 * Texas Craft Beer & Cheese Soup topped w/ Chili Dusted Popcorn — at The Taylor County Taphouse.
Coldstone Creamery (Military Discount)
Sundae Sunday: This Marine deserves a Military Discount!#DISPObustAFlow #DISPOsAlwaysFly #SaluteThisMilitaryGuy #SemperFi #Support #Honor #Remember 🇺🇸🎊🎆🎇🎂🍨🍮 — at Cold Stone Creamery.
Oreo Overload in Chocolate Dipped Waffle Cone w/ Rainbow Sprinkles at Cold Stone Creamery.
Pumpkin Pie in the Sky in Chocolate Dipped Waffle Cone at Coldstone Creamery.
Fazoli’s (Military Discount)
Military Monday: Build-Your-Own Pasta Bowl * Strawberry Banana Minute Maid Smoothie * Breadsticks * Classic Cheddar Pasta Bowl * Ghirardelli Caramel Pumpkin Cheesecake — at Fazoli’s Italian Restaurant
IrresistibleGhirardelli Caramel Pumpkin Cheesecake — at Fazoli’s Italian Restaurant
1 photo couldn’t do justice: Ghirardelli Caramel Pumpkin Cheesecake — at Fazoli’s Italian Restaurant
Olive Garden (FREE Military Meal on Vets Day)
*Veterans Day* full of festive flavor: Strawberry Passionfruit Limonada * Orange Cranberry Limonada * Porto Vita Rossa * Smoky Mozzarella w/Chicken Gnocchi * Grilled Chicken Butternut Squash Fettuccine Alfredo w/Zuppa Toscana — at Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
Our servicemen and –women deserve our highestrespect and honor.
Easygoing Evie and I, as *Excited Elaine* enjoy eating after we team-teach our Religious Education second graders every Wednesday. When we celebrate our students’ birthdays, we also are blessed with goodies to go with our lessons about †GOD†!
Being just a hop, skip and swim away from the border means there’s access to …
Really delicious, not always healthy food!
Here are my favorites (aside from my in-laws’ good homecooking, o’course), that I’ll miss in this neck of the woods, or shall I say: foot of the Valley!
That’s exactly what I did when last weekend, and I usually grab an apple when I’m on-the-go. Thanks to my family, the food that they did provide helped tide me over during the two 500+mile rides! What would I do without their generosity?
Look who’s welcoming home …
When I left the Valley a week ago, mi Cuñada stocked up on snacks to last me a week’s worth of survival in the wilderness! Starbucks was where it was at!
… It’s Annie!
My GODmother hooked us up with pasalubong, so the mocha cake came in handy!
Ninang Auring‘s such a giver!
Then when I took off back to el Valle, my dad made a pot of Papa Jun Joe, and my sister hooked me up with horchata and breakfast tacos from La Popular!
Today’s Foodie Friday is devoted to concoctions that combine different edibles into one, such as cake and cookies and fruit and more fruit. I’ll rate them on a scale from 1-5.
Tiramisu Cookie Sandwich = 4 points
A dozen SDJTiramisu Cookie Sandwiches, STAT!
Sweets du Jour, my favorite new bakery in Abilene ~ which is now offering a limited-time 15% discount off online orders from the SDJ app ~ has created an innovative addition to its menu: Cookie Sandwiches! I got a dozen of the Tiramisu flavor for my mom’s birthday.
Cookie Close-up!
Pros: sweet mascarpone cheese filling (+5)
Cons: cookies remind me of Snickerdoodles with espresso dusting, yet the softness makes up for that (-1)
Slam Dunk into Coffee or Cocoa!
Brunch of Champions = 5+ points / 100+%
I was just expecting “eggs and fruit,” but this is a whole different ball park here (clockwise): Buttered Toast + Spiced Sunny Side Eggs meets Steamed Banana complete w/Banana Leaf, Refried Black Beans, Steamed Sweet Potato + Pineapple & Mandarin Oranges
When I met with my Church friend after Adoration yesterday, he cooked up a storm! And I, as usual, got camera-carried away with this eye candy that tasted as picture-perfect as the presentation looks!
Brownies baked with Waffle Batter … I’m in Chocolate Heaven!
Pros: the BEST brunch I’ve ever had, both home-cooked and at a restaurant, beats everything out by far, bar-none (+10)
Cons: NONE whatsoever
Deer Droppings ~ Joe’s Homemade Candy, as he says: they’re better than the real thing!
Grape … I mean, Great News: I’m going to teach at the college level again!!! You know what that means: an apple a day scores yours truly an A! This is a batch of grape-flavored apples, enough said.
2 of my favorite wine vine fruits in 1!
Pros: sweet fruit fix, hence delicious and delicious (+5)
Cons: artificial grape flavor, so what’s the point? (-2)
TGIF Brunch
Avocado rounds out this meal in a Shake & as a Spread!
Today was my only day to sleep in, so I was grateful for a second day in-a-row to enjoy a savory meal and take my time without being in a rush!
Lean MeanGreen Machine!
Happy ***Memorial Day*** weekend, including to y’all Kings & Queens of the Grill!
These cookies are coo-worthy for being both healthy and tasty! Let these nutritious and delicious photos speak to you, just as the cookies that appear in them called my name…
Welcome/Mabuhay/¡Biénvenidos! I am a USAF brat who was born in Germany and grew up State-side while celebrating my Catholic and Filipino heritage. ☼Sunny☼ DISPOsition Elaine’s Eye Candy/DISPhotos ~ I love GOD & His creations, so I take photos @ any given opportunity. Elaine DISPOrts ~ I am passionate about sports, which is my research focus on my ... Continue reading →
