Tips and Tutorials

I’m Guest Posting on Living Locurto Today! Step-by-Step Reupholstering Tutorial

by Allie on January 25, 2012

Amy, my friend over at LivingLocurto.com, is posting my tutorial on reupholstering/recovering dining room chairs today on her blog! I’m so excited to share one of my projects with y’all and welcome all the new readers to this blog! Readers can subscribe to my posts here or Subscribe to Screwed Up Texan by Email, like Screwed Up Texan on Facebook (lots of funny stuff there), follow me on Twitter, or take a look at my pins on Pinterest (the “Too Funny!” pin is a little out of control).

There’s a little bit for everyone here on Screwed Up Texan. Mostly, I post hilarious stories about my family, my mother-out-law (aka the Mother Trucker…she drives a big rig), and life in general. I also post my own recipes (fair warning: LOTS of desserts) which are generally easy to make. You can read more about me here.

I am a contributor on a few blogs, and a couple are: SheIsDallas.com – a blog about and for women in the Dallas Fort Worth Texas metroplex – and Lewisville Texan – a local blog that covers local interest stories and politics (I post funny stuff much to the headache of the site’s owner).

My Top 3 Confessions:

I have exactly 30 pounds to lose.
I have a really ugly left ear (it’s pointed).
I support chickens in the backyard.

Now go read my post on Living Locurto.

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VIDEO – Company French Toast Using PAM Cooking Spray

by Allie on October 8, 2011

in Breads, Pancakes, Toast,Breakfast,Give Aways and Reviews,Recipes,Reviews,Tips and Tutorials

Alright, it’s Saturday and I’ve got one more goody for you this week! Last week I showed you how to make Cranberry Poppyseed Muffins and told you a little about the new and improved PAM cooking spray. This week I’m making Company French Toast in the below 7 minute video. That’s right–7 minutes. Hey, but at least you have no excuse about not being able to make it because you needed to see a demonstration of the entire process.

That’s right, kick back and enjoy my favorite go to recipe when family, friends, and other company arrive. It’s great as a dessert, for breakfast or any meal of the day. Make it for brunch and enjoy with your friends. Full recipe after video. (Feedreaders and email subscribers may need click to the full post to see video.)

BUT WAIT! That’s not all! Stay tuned to next week because I’m (read PAM) is giving away special toolkits to 5 of my readers! FIVE! You’re really going to love it! Be sure to visit PAM cooking spray on Facebook!

Company French Toast

2 loaves plain french or artisan style bread
5 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
2 T sugar
1 t vanilla
1/4 t cinnamon
1/4 t nutmeg
1/8 t salt

Topping

1/2 c butter, melted
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup pecans, chopped
2 t corn syrup, pancake syrup, or maple syrup
1/2 t cinnamon
1/2 t nutmeg

Slice bread into 1 inch slices, set aside. In a medium mixing bowl combine the first 7 ingredients. Whisk together until evenly combined and eggs are beat. Dip slices of bread into egg mixture and place next to each other in a 9×13 glass baking dish that has been sprayed with PAM cooking spray. Stuff as many of these slices of bread in pan as you can. Set aside.

In a small mixing bowl, combine the ingredients for the topping (last six ingredients). Stir together so all pecan pieces are evenly coated. Pour evenly across the top of the egg dipped bread in baking dish. Bake at 350 F for 40-60 minutes. If pecans begin to darken too much, cover with foil.

Disclosure: This post is part of a series of reviews and recipes about and using PAM cooking spray. PAM has partnered with me to showcase their new and improved no-stick cooking spray. The PAM cooking spray, baking products, a FLIP video camera, promotional items, and compensation were given to me. All opinions are my own as always.

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Easy Homemade Limeade

1 September 2011

In Texas there is nothing more refreshing during the summer than a drink of ice-cold lemonade or limeade (with the exception of Dr Pepper), especially if your tap water source is a lake and the lake has “turned” and now tastes like pond water. Most natural born Texans will add to the necessary know how [...]

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Breakfast Sausage Recipe

29 August 2011

In Texas, no real breakfast is ever complete without a side of sausage–and we’re not talking about the link kind either. When I was a little girl, every Sunday we’d eat a hearty breakfast of pancakes, eggs, bacon, and sausage–and our sausage was the patty kind. In fact, I never even knew the link variety [...]

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