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how to make homemade tortilla chips

how to make homemade tortilla chipsSo one of our very favorite things about Texas? The cooler labeled “warm tortillas” at HEB. It’s a problem, y’all.

how to make homemade tortilla chipsBut figuring out how to turn those little gems of deliciousness into homemade tortilla chips? It’s either the best, or worst, news ever (depending on whether you’re judging from an addictive-yumminess standpoint or a waistline one). But with football season in full swing, probably best news ever!how to make homemade tortilla chips

INGREDIENTS

6 flour tortilla (the small ones, preferably without preservatives)

1/2 cup canola oil

DIRECTIONS

Cut tortillas into sixths. Warm up oil in a dutch oven. When oil is hot (on medium heat), drop tortilla pieces into oil, letting each one puff up and brown before removing from oil and letting dry on paper towels.

how to make homemade tortilla chipsEnjoy enjoy enjoy. Thank Jesus for HEB and their fresh tortillas. Then make more homemade tortilla chips and watch some more football and enjoy some more (and thank Jesus some more).

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DIY wooden herb planter box

I don’t love to cook (luckily I’m married to a guy who loves to cook!), but I do love having fresh herbs on hand- so many dishes are made better with a little fresh dill or a garnish of basil or a few sprigs of rosemary. I also like being able to bring said herbs […]

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pizza party!

We have officially started transitioning into a new phase of birthday parties (at least with Burke)- to a more ‘big kid’ version. This year’s party was a smaller crowd (and no parents), with less organized activities (though, they played HARD in the neighborhood pool for the first half of the party) and no theme (unless […]

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perfect grilled pizza (and our pizza crust recipe)

We make grilled pizza a lot. In Denver, in the summer, we probably made pizza almost every week. And then we made it in Saipan whenever we could find fresh mozzarella and goat cheese. And now we make it a ton in Texas. It’s such a nice trick to have in your grilling arsenal and takes […]

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a collection of cairos- the cutest cousin dresses!

When I was sewing these Cairo dresses (pattern available here), I did a whole post with tips for batch sewing and promised cousin pictures of the girls in their dresses. And here they are! I wish I could bottle their sweet affection for each other, y’all. Cousins = the very best.

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how to make the most beautiful felt flower garland

One of Piper’s favorite pastimes is flipping through wedding magazines whilst sitting on a beach or lounging by a pool. She is her mama’s daughter, that one. Last year, around the same time as her Unicorn Party, she became infatuated with the gorgeous, lush flower garlands that seem to be all the rage at bohemian weddings […]

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the most refreshing dessert table- a gelato bar!

Burke is not a huge dessert guy, but he LOVES gelato! So when he asked for a pizza party for his birthday this year, gelato was the natural pairing (and also, his dessert request- lucky coincidence!). Turns out, setting up a gelato bar was way (WAY!) easy. Like you-could-put-this-together-with-almost-no-notice-to-offset-the-crazy-heat-of-August easy. We grabbed a whole lineup of […]

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summer-y goodness- grapefruit chiltons

Ok, y’all- even though summer is winding down, we still have the year’s hottest month left. And this grapefruit chilton is THE DRINK for August. Honestly, we drink it year round, but it is so perfectly refreshing in the hot that we had to share. INGREDIENTS (for one Chilton) Fresh lime juice (juice of half a […]

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the sweetest Sweet Shoppe

Loved Burke’s Pizza& Gelato Party last month. As I was setting up the Gelato Bar in the apothecary cabinet that my mama gave me years ago, I was thinking about all of the fun treats this cabinet has housed- Sprinkle Party treats, a couple different Donuts Bars, a Cotton Candy Bar at Piper’s Moana Party (details […]