Texas Red Sauce....

I found this economical tasty way to make your own red sauce awhile back and have been wanting to share it with you! I finally got the chance! I don't have a picture right now but we are having these for supper tomorrow night so I will try to get one posted! Hope you enjoy! These are GOOD!!! :)

2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons flour

 5 teaspoons red chili powder

 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin

 2 teaspoons garlic powder

 6 ounces tomato paste

 2 1/4 cups water or half chicken broth

 salt and pepper

Directions

1. Melt butter/margarine in a sauce pan.

2. Make a roux by browning flour in melted butter/margarine.

3. Add spices and tomato paste; stir until well blended into roux.

4. Add water gradually, stirring constantly.

5. Heat until boiling.

6. Continue simmering and stirring until desired thickness is achieved.

7. Taste every so often and adjust spices as needed.

8. Once desired consistency and taste is reached, coat the bottom of a pan with the sauce, add freshly rolled enchiladas, then pour the remainder of the red sauce over enchiladas.

9. Place pan in oven and cook until enchiladas are done.

sweet tea....

*I've has some requests to share how my family makes sweet tea so I thought I would use today to do it. I grew up with this and even my unsweet tea is sweet (I use Splenda). I don't even know how to drink tea without sugar or Splenda. I hate tea with any other kind of sweetener or just plain tea with nothing. HATE it!! YUCK!!! (sorry if you do like unsweet tea) :)

Unsweet tea, in my family, is a sacrilage. lol. :) You drink sweet tea with every meal and as a refreshing beverage out in the hay field or after working in the heat fixing fence or moving or vaccinating cattle. It's ALWAYS a welcome beverage and it's always served ICED. NEVER HOT, although I do like sweetened hot herbal tea, as well. :) shhhh............................

Here it is!

2 Cain's (caffienated is best) tea bags (can also use Lipton but prefer Cain's)
sugar or Splenda

Place tea bags in saucepan. Fill with cold water. Heat until just starts to boil. Place 1/4 of tea pitcher with sugar or splenda. With spoon; hold tea bags back against saucepan and pour tea liquid into pitcher. Fill saucepan with cold water and continue until all tea liquid is squeezed out of bags. Fill pitcher with cold water. Serve with plenty of ice. (I don't add ice to my tea pitcher unless I am taking it somewhere because I find that it waters down the tea).

There you go, simple, good ol' Southern Sweet tea! I do know people that boil their tea bags with sugar to make a syrup and continue with the process but I can't drink it that way. It tastes like syrup and not tea, to me!

Hope you enjoy!! :)

The Picture that you see..

Just wanted to explain the meaning behind the new picture in my blog header! This is the beautiful scenic part of the country where we live, it is also the area that Charlie and I spent MANY dates and the exact location where Charlie proposed to me!! Isn't it gorgeous?

I believe that it truly represents God's amazing Power and the beauty of all His creation. Enjoy the picture!

Love,
Julie