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Mexican-Style Pot Roast – Celebrate the Holidays With Beef: Week Four

December 23, 2011 by Arena Blake 4 Comments

Christmas is just a few days away! Can you believe it? We are currently visiting my parents, and let me tell you — it’s a house full of people! My sister and her family drove in from New Mexico and my grandmother and aunt came to visit, too. That’s 12 adults and five kids in…

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Filed Under: Cooking, Dallas, Recipes Tagged With: beef, Holidays, Mexican, recipes, Roast, Texas Beef Council

Classic Prime Rib Roast – Celebrate the Holidays With Beef: Week Three

December 17, 2011 by Arena Blake 3 Comments

One of my favorite things to make for company is roast. I love that you can just pop it in the oven and let it cook for hours… no worries, no slaving over a hot stove. It really is the perfect company recipe. So I couldn’t wait to get to Week Three in our Celebrate…

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Filed Under: Cooking, Dallas, Recipes Tagged With: beef, dinner, Holidays, recipes, Roast, Texas Beef Council

Southwest Breakfast Casserole – Celebrate the Holidays With Beef: Week Two

December 10, 2011 by Arena Blake 9 Comments

One of my favorite things about Christmas is getting to spend time with my family. My sister and her family come visit from New Mexico and we all go to my parents’ house. It’s filled with grandkids and siblings and it’s just so much fun. I love waking up Christmas morning to a big family…

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Filed Under: Cooking, Dallas, Recipes Tagged With: beef, Breakfast, Casserole, Holidays, recipes, Texas Beef Council

Salsa Steak Appetizer

December 3, 2011 by Arena Blake 7 Comments

Don’t you just love the holiday season? It’s magical – the lights, the decorations, spending time with friends and family. Oh! And the food. Oh my goodness. The food. So I was stoked when the Texas Beef Council contacted me to participate in their Celebrate the Holidays With Beef Challenge. Over the next four weeks,…

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Filed Under: Cooking, Dallas, Recipes Tagged With: Appetizers, beef, Holidays, recipes, Salsa, Texas Beef Council

Our November Blessing

November 28, 2011 by Arena Blake 28 Comments

On November 16, I awoke with a horrible headache. And by horrible, I mean the worst headache of my life. It was so bad, I couldn’t keep any food down. I was already in the hospital on bed rest for preeclampsia. The medicine we had been using to combat my constant headache had stopped working,…

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Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Baby, Family, Nerdling

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