As John and I enjoyed preparing our dinner tonight, I decided to put the video camera on my digital camera to use!

This episode of What’s In The Kitchen? is inspired by:

A pot of cooked beans!

Before my husband went away for work a couple days ago, he slow cooked a pot of pinto beans. Then…they were moved to the fridge and have been waiting to be refried. I was tired of looking at them AND the bacon grease that was left in the pan on the stove BECAUSE I was dreaming about the most incredible refried beans that Chef Beazley made a few weeks ago. He got the recipe from the Homesick Texan blog! I proposed we make a TexMex meal and recreate the amazing beans (that’s almost an oxymoron – amazing & beans in the same sentence – but seriously they are fantastic!).

Success…

Have an amazing week!

Live Inspired,

Chef Beazley (my nickname for my husband John) is always so creative at making a fantastic meal from the crazy items in our fridge and cupboards! I’ve been wanting to start a series called something like “What’s In The Kitchen?” for a long time.

As John and I enjoyed preparing our dinner tonight, I decided to put the video camera on my digital camera to use!

This episode of What’s In The Kitchen? is inspired by:

A pot of cooked beans!

Before my husband went away for work a couple days ago, he slow cooked a pot of pinto beans. Then…they were moved to the fridge and have been waiting to be refried. I was tired of looking at them AND the bacon grease that was left in the pan on the stove BECAUSE I was dreaming about the most incredible refried beans that Chef Beazley made a few weeks ago. He got the recipe from the Homesick Texan blog! I proposed we make a TexMex meal and recreate the amazing beans (that’s almost an oxymoron – amazing & beans in the same sentence – but seriously they are fantastic!).

Success…

Have an amazing week!

Live Inspired,

We’re Texas bound this morning! John and I are headed south for a hot summer visit. We’ll see family, friends, and soak in the rays. John has been reading lots the last couple weeks…

Today, he was enjoying The Starbucks Experience. It seemed rather fitting because I won a bet and he bought me Starbucks for breakfast!!

We normally fly to DFW directly, however this trip - we tried Continental Airlines. They were fantastic! You actually get meals included for free – so we were offered breakfast. You also get FREE movies. We would highly recommend this airline.

We connected in Houston and enjoyed Mexican food!! Surprise, surprise ;)

Pappasitos, true authentic Tex Mex - love Texas fast food experiences. (You may recall that we ate at another location last trip).  

We picked up our car and the temperature gage said 41C (105F) – yikes!

Despite having a fabulous week at the Calgary Stampede, we crashed when we arrived at our hotel and caught up on some much needed sleep. Tonight we met up with my girlfriend Kattie from University.

Our preference for dinner – Mexican of course ;) We had a fantastic feast at On The Border.

After stuffing ourselves with amazing cuisine, we went to Wal Mart to walk our dinner off. I love that its open 24 hours a day. Can you believe that it is still 38C (100F) at 10pm at night?

Night time – big day tomorrow at the waterpark!!

I not only survived the Calgary Stampede – I’m feeling fantastic. I often get quite exhausted and the stress takes a toll on me from an intense short term contract. However, I came into this 12 day contract with a different attitude. I had a blast and am excited to escape with my amazing husband for a few days.

We’re Texas bound this morning! John and I are headed south for a hot summer visit. We’ll see family, friends, and soak in the rays. John has been reading lots the last couple weeks…

Today, he was enjoying The Starbucks Experience. It seemed rather fitting because I won a bet and he bought me Starbucks for breakfast!!

We normally fly to DFW directly, however this trip - we tried Continental Airlines. They were fantastic! You actually get meals included for free – so we were offered breakfast. You also get FREE movies. We would highly recommend this airline.

We connected in Houston and enjoyed Mexican food!! Surprise, surprise ;)

Pappasitos, true authentic Tex Mex - love Texas fast food experiences. (You may recall that we ate at another location last trip).  

We picked up our car and the temperature gage said 41C (105F) – yikes!

Despite having a fabulous week at the Calgary Stampede, we crashed when we arrived at our hotel and caught up on some much needed sleep. Tonight we met up with my girlfriend Kattie from University.

Our preference for dinner – Mexican of course ;) We had a fantastic feast at On The Border.

After stuffing ourselves with amazing cuisine, we went to Wal Mart to walk our dinner off. I love that its open 24 hours a day. Can you believe that it is still 38C (100F) at 10pm at night?

Night time – big day tomorrow at the waterpark!!