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3 Day Weekend – Glen Rose, Granbury, and Dublin, TX

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Feeding giraffes at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center

Looking for a great weekend or long weekend getaway?  Try spending a 3 Day Weekend in Glen Rose, Granbury, and Dublin, TX!

Glen Rose is around 3.5 hr drive from San Antonio, where we live, and approximately 1 hr from Ft. Worth and 1.5 hr from Dallas.

Over the last few years, I have become extremely fond of staying in VRBO and Airbnb properties.  If you haven’t ever browsed these sites for vacation rentals, you are seriously missing out!  There are some amazing unique and fun properties that you can stay in, and what drew us to Glen Rose was The Birdhouse.

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Beautiful Roasted Beets and Spinach Salad

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Roasted Beets and Spinach Salad

Recently, my mother had mentioned that a friend of hers recommended eating beets to help lower her blood pressure. I did a little research online and found that in addition to help keeping blood pressure in check, there are many other health benefits of beets and they are a powerhouse when it comes to nutrients. Additionally, they may help improve athletic performance. I enjoyed this salad last evening and had a great run this morning…now I know why! 🙂

Recently a friend told me that she wasn’t too fond of beets. I hope that she might try out this recipe for Beautiful Roasted Beets and Spinach Salad and maybe change her mind. 🙂

My new resolution for this year is to eat more beets!!

My sister June’s Beautiful Roasted Beets and Spinach Salad

You can either roast your own beets (very easy!) or use prepared beets to make things even simpler. One good option is the Love Beets brand, which you can find here on Amazon.

Beets
Love Beets (Prepared Beets)

Either way, I hope you will enjoy this most delicious and healthy of salads soon!

Some Other Dishes You May Enjoy!

Californian Inspired Cobb Salad

Cobb Salad

Spicy Edamame

Spicy Edamame in a bowl
Roasted Beets and Spinach Salad

Beautiful Roasted Beets and Spinach Salad

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Enjoy this beautiful, delicious, and healthy salad!  Use prepared beets for easier preparation, or roast your own beets using the instructions below.  
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 1 hr
Total Time 1 hr 10 mins
Course Salad
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 3 beets medium sized, without tops
  • 5 oz spinach leaves
  • balsamic vinegar
  • salt to taste
  • pepper to taste
  • parmesan cheese grated or shredded (if desired)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Rinse and pat dry each beet. Wrap each beet individually in foil. Place the wrapped beets on a cookie sheet or oven proof container, and roast for approximately 1 hr.
  • Remove from oven, and carefully check to ensure the beet is cooked through by piercing with a fork. If the fork is able to penetrate all the way through, the beet is ready. Open the foil, and allow the beets to completely cool. Once cool, you can peel the skin off very easily. You may want to use disposable gloves to keep your hands from staining. Slice each beet into thin slices.
  • Arrange spinach on a salad plate and add enough sliced beets to your liking. Add salt and pepper to taste, and finish with a splash or two of balsamic vinegar. Sprinkle some shredded parmesan cheese if desired.

Notes

You may have more beets than needed for your salad, so you can enjoy them over the course of a few days as a healthy snack!
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Easy and Delicious Colorado Green Chili

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Colorado Green Chili

Eating this delicious Colorado Green Chili brings back so many precious memories.

I first experienced Colorado when my dad took us on a family vacation.  Dad loved to travel, and he wanted us to experience Colorado for its beauty and majesty. 

My husband and I spent a few days driving up to Pike’s Peak on my second visit years later. We also visited Rocky Mountain National Park, which is a gem of a park! 

mountains and scenery

The second visit brought back so many memories of when my dad took us there. Now I’m happy to say my sister lives there and I have a free pass to visit anytime. 🙂

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New York Style Hot Dogs

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New York Style Hot Dog

One of these days I will make it to New York and enjoy a New York Style Hot Dog!  The Big Apple is on my list to visit!! However until I can get there, I will have to let my taste buds, and also film, transport me.

Sunday nights are movie nights at my home. I love to cook a meal on movie nights that has something to do with the film we are watching.  Usually either the setting of the movie, or food actually eaten or highlighted in the film can inspire the meal.

Last Sunday we selected a Richard Gere film from 2016 called Norman:  The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer.  In this case the setting definitely inspired the meal for the evening.   Hot dog carts can be found all over Manhattan, so it wasn’t difficult to settle on hot dogs as the meal to accompany this film.  

New York Style hot dogs are in a word…amazing!  When I do make it to New York, I will tow a beeline straight to Nathan’s on Coney Island. Ever heard of their famous Hot Dog eating contest?! Nathan’s was started in 1916 by Polish immigrant Nathan Handwerker, and it boasts of being the most famous hot dog in the world.  I quite agree..it’s good!!

Nathan's Hot Dogs
Sauerkraut, spicy brown mustard, cayenne, ketchup and onions

Enjoy these delicious New York Style Hot Dogs!!  These will definitely end up back on my plate soon!!

You will most likely have leftover sauerkraut. Here’s a great recipe to use up that sauerkraut: Polish Kluski Noodles With Sauerkraut. 🙂

New York Style Hot Dog

New York Style Hot Dogs

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Enjoy a taste of New York City with these sauerkraut and spicy brown mustard laden New York Style Hot Dogs!
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 5 mins
Total Time 15 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 4 ea Nathan’s Hot Dogs
  • 8 oz sauerkraut I used Frank’s Hot Dog Kraut
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 medium onion thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • 1/2-1 ts cayenne
  • spreadable butter
  • 4 each hot dog buns
  • 4 oz spicy brown mustard

Instructions
 

  • Heat up 1 tb olive oil in a skillet on med – med high heat.   Once heated,  add the onion to the skillet, and cook until lightly browned.
  • Add the ketchup and cayenne pepper, and cook for about 1 minute. Then  keep onion mixture warm while you prepare the hot dogs and buns.
    Onion cayenne and ketchup
  • Cook the hot dogs in a skillet until golden brown.    
  • Preheat your broiler.  Open the hot dog buns and spread a light layer of spreadable butter on the insides of the bun. Toast the hot dog buns under a broiler under just lightly brown. Watch this closely so they don’t burn!                                                           
  • Place each hot dog in a bun and top with sauerkraut, some of the onion mixture, and as much spicy brown mustard as you’d like!                                                                           
    New York Style Hot dogs
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