Freedom Fridays #17

It's time to let your talents soar. 

  It's party time! 

Now for Freedom Fridays Five Faves!

Reusable Food Storage containers

@ A Rosie Sweet Home 

 

Cornflake Cookies 

@ akawest 

Freezer Paper Stencil DIY Scout Shirts

@ The Crafty Blog Stalker

 

Peanut Butter Cup Mini Cheesecakes

@ RV Life and Food

Paint Pallet Sugar Cookies
@ One Creative Mommy
 

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I will still be pinning all Five Faves to my Pinterest page:_

  Thanks to all for linking up last week and congratulations to my five featured guests. 

 If you were featured, grab my featured button in my side bar and wear it proudly:)

Now for this weeks Party:)

   Whats missing? 
 Yeah, those pesty little rules.  
 As I have mentioned before, I am retired from 
enforcing laws, rules etc. 
 So just enjoy being my guest and I hope you have fun:)

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Cinnamon Pecan Ice Cream

I love homemade ice cream!

   I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.

(remember that little jingle from childhood?)

A very good friend of mine (thanks Carol) gave me this recipe years ago and I was scared, "CINNAMON Ice Cream"!

 No way would that would be good but I was so very wrong, it is delicious! 

In fact, I haven't made any other homemade ice cream since we tasted this one. 

The only change I have made to it was changing the nuts.  It was originally Cinnamon Walnut Ice Cream but since I live in the middle of pecan orchards, its pecans all the way.  

 Cinnamon Pecan Ice Cream

I have two different recipes because sometimes I make six quarts and other times I use my Kitchen Aide Ice cream bowl which makes 2 quarts.

Cinnamon Pecan Ice Cream

using the Kitchen aide ice cream maker

makes 2 quarts

2 Cups of Half and Half

2 Cups of Heavy Whipping Cream

1 Cup of Sugar

1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon

1 and 1/3 Teaspoon Vanilla

1/2 cup Pecans 

 

Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir until the sugar is dissolved.

Remove the ice cream maker bowl from the freezer.

I always keep my Kitchen aide ice cream bowl in the freezer so anytime I decide to have ice cream, it's ready.

Just follow the directions on the ice cream maker to assemble the paddle and the bowl to the mixer.

 Start mixer on #1 (the lowest) before  slowly pouring in the ingredients.

Let the mixer continue until the ice cream is frozen and the desired consistency is obtained.  (about 20 minutes)

Remove and serve. Place any leftovers in a container and store in freezer.   This is just perfect  amount for my Fellow and I.  

But when we are around our kids or grandkids we use our 6 quart ice cream maker and I am including the recipe that makes 6 quarts.

Cinnamon Pecan Ice Cream

Just follow the directions on your ice cream maker

makes 6 quarts

6 Cups of Half and Half

6 Cups of Heavy Whipping Cream

3 Cup of Sugar

3/4 teaspoon Cinnamon

4 Teaspoon Vanilla

1 1/2 cups Pecans 

Of course when I eat my ice cream I always add more pecans:)

I live in the Mesilla Valley in Southern New Mexico. 

 It's considered high desert but since the Rio Grande river runs through this valley from the north to the south we have irrigation water from the river.  So there are acres and acres of farmland.  

 One of the main crops of the valley is Pecans (the other is chile).  We have miles of pecan orchards and then just outside of the valley is the desert. 

 I live on a little Pecan farm but just 1 mile up the road is the desert.  It's kinda fun, we have the best of both worlds, beautiful farmland but then a desert to play in with ATV's (aka Quads).  

 These are the trees along my driveway that grew the awesome pecans for my ice cream.  We planted 45 trees when we first bought the property in 1998. 

Look, brand new baby pecans for next years ice cream, LOL

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Freedom Fridays #16

It's time to let your talents soar. 

  It's party time! 

Now for Freedom Fridays Five Faves!







 Light Lemon Syllabub
@ With a Blast

Down the Rabbit Hole we go-Alice in Wonderland Party
@ Sweet Boutique 






 
Bake a Hidden Star in a Cupcake
@ Simply Sweet 'n Savory









 
Window Table
@ Marty's Musings





 

Creole Tomato Dressing
@ Ms. enPlace

Thanks to all for linking up last week and congratulations to my five featured guests. 

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Good Eats:)

Are you hungry?

How about this.

No I am not sharing a recipe to make this, I am sharing where to go have it served to you, Oh Yes!!

Deep in the heart of Texas, there is an awesome small town called Fredericksburg.  It is just down the road from Luckenbach  (about 13 miles) 

Remember that awesome song by Waylon Jennings

 "Luckenbach, Texas, Back to the Basics of Love"?

 The only two things in life that make it worth livin'
Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin' women
I don't need my name in the marquee lights
I got my song and I got you with me tonight
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love

Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas
With Waylon and Willie and the boys
This successful life we're livin'
Got us feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys
Between Hank Williams' pain songs and
Newberry's train songs and Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain
Out in Luckenbach, Texas ain't nobody feelin' no pain

So baby, let's sell your diamond ring
Buy some boots and faded jeans and go away
This coat and tie is choking me
In your high society you cry all day
We've been so busy keepin' up with the Jones
Four car garage and we're still building on
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love

Another one of my favorites (why do I love songs that always have a couple running away from it all? hehehe)  Such as my Fellows ringtone. (Big City by Merle Haggard)

One of these days, my Fellow and I will make a break and write our own song as we get away from it all:)

OK, now where was I?   

Oh yes, we are all hungry and are in Fredericksburg, Texas.

This is just an amazing area and has the most awesome shops and restaurants and is rich in German history. 

 For Visitor information click Visitors Guide
 and for all you history buffs check this out by clicking History of Fredericksburg
 

 This lovely place is my favorite German eatery of all time:)

Silver Creek Beer Garden and Grill

Authentic German and Texcelctic Cusine

This gorgeous tree is a bois d'arc tree.  It shades the entire patio which is located on the front of the eatery.  You can just sit and drink great German Beer and watch the people walk by on the sidewalk.  

Sometimes if you are lucky there is live music (yes we had an awesome guitar player that serenaded us as we ate lunch:)  We tried a few of the German Beers and of course I ate all of the German Pepperwurst Sandwich (aka Hot Dog)  that I teased you with in the first photograph and did you notice the homemade sauerkraut?

We tried several German beers such as:

1. Optimator Bouble Bock-Dark

2. Franziskaner Hefeweiss-light w/orange

3. New Belgium Sunshine wheat

All three were awesome:)  And our little waitress was so helpful in helping us select them.  She even took our picture:)  What a great kid!! (yes everyone under 30 is a kid and soon it will be everyone under 40, LOL)  

We are so awesome together:)  I love being retired with my sweetie:)

These are our views as we were enjoying our visit.

And of course I asked my sweetie to take my picture. How funny I didn't set down my beer for the great photo opp:)  Lol

So chart your voyage and as soon as you can, visit this awesome place in the Heart of the Great State of Texas,

Fredericksburg, Texas!

Coming soon, more pictures and information of the 

Pacific War Museum in Fredericksburg:)

 

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Our Goose

Foxy and the Goose

As I may have mentioned before, we have a little farm.   In the past we bred and raised Boer Goats for FFA and 4-H events since our son was very involved in local livestock shows and state fairs. 

   We also had a few head of cattle and always chickens and ducks.  Since our plan is to sell out and travel full time we have sold off most of the livestock and we just have our Border Collies left, except for the Goose. 

 Oh yes, our Goose, she is the last of all the fowl we have raised over the years.   We have felt sorry for her since the other Geese have died off but she seems content to just hang out with us when we let her out of her pen.  I have to keep her in a pen since our Border Collies never decide to get off work, they would never ever stop herding her if we allowed it.   She is kept in one of the pens that we kept mama and baby goats in at one time, this protects her from wildlife and from being herded to death by our over zealous Border Collies. (not to worry, her pen is huge and has an outside area and a barn, she lives very well). 

I believe Border Collies are the smartest dogs I have ever been around and if fact our eldest dog, Foxy is the smartest dog of all.  In the past  she has single handed (or really four footed) ran out to the far end of the field and brought 30-35 head of goats straight to me and penned them on command.   She loves to work and cannot stop. I can be sitting in the living room and just mention I need to feed the Goose and Foxy jumps up and runs to the door to help. 

 I laugh because when our Goose is in the pen all four of the Border Collies are either lying staring at her all day or pacing back and forth outside her pen dreaming of herding.   She doesn't seem to mind since they have done this her entire life and just maybe she enjoys the companionship.  

At one time we thought about taking her to the local college pond to join all the other fowl that have made that their home.  I am sure they are left overs from students 4-H and FFA projects.  I wasn't sure if the college would welcome another goose so we talked about just driving by and quickly releasing her to join the others.  Would that be a "Drive by Goosing"? LOL  But our son was horrified that if we did that the other Geese would pick on her and maybe that is not as a serene environment that she is used to.

  So she is still hanging out with us and her Border Collie audience.

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Freedom Fridays #15

It's time to let your talents soar. 

  It's party time!

But First let me tell you about my newest giveaway!!

Do you know a little girl that would love to have this? 

Barbie Tutu

(doll not included)

  Enter now to win this adorable Ballerina Tutu that fits any 11.5inch doll including Barbie

 

To enter the drawing
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Now for Freedom Fridays Five Faves!

 Bite-size Party Bark

@ Happy Hour Projects 

 

Traveling Trash Bag

@ A Rosie Sweet Home 

Handmade Jewelry

@ Bowdabra Blog 

 

Anatomy of a Salad (Frito Salad)

@ Amy's Cooking Adventures 

 

Magnetic Spice Rack

@ Practically Functional 

Thanks to all for linking up last week and congratulations to my five featured guests. 

 If you were featured, grab my featured button and wear it proudly:)

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 Now for this weeks Party:)

   1. Link up your awesome posts such as Recipes, Tutorials, Inspirational and Creative Writing, Photos, Crafts, Needlework, DIY and  even Giveaways.

Just about everything that is family friendly and and is not for sale is welcome. 

2. Please add a link to a specific post not the main page

 of your blog:)

3. Please link back to this party so you can share the fun 

with others , just grab my button above and place on your post, link party page or somewhere on your blog.

  4. I would so love it if you would follow me.  Please let me know if you are a new follower so I can follow you back:)

  5. And the most important, please visit as many others as possible and leave comments. We all love visits from our friends and chatting with them:) 

6. Every week I will pick some awesome posts and feature them. I will pin all featured posts and if you are featured then grab my feature button for braggin rights:)

One Very Lovely Blog and Very Inspiring Blogger Award

I love these fun awards! 

   So I was happy to learn that I have received another award and even happier to nominate other bloggers for this fun game:)

These awards always give us an opportunity to share more with others.

                                                                       

 

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