Temecula, California is home to Wineries, Hot Air Balloons, Pechanga and my little family. This is Life in Temecula and where ever we roam from home. We work, we go to school, we play, and try to fit as many experiences as we can into this life.
Date night with my man. (Taken with Instagram at RJ’s Steak House & Saloon)

Date night with my man. (Taken with Instagram at RJ’s Steak House & Saloon)

Quesadilla with Blue Cheese, Bacon, & BBQ Recipe

The Beachcomber at Crystal Cove has a flat bread pizza we love. We have tweaked the ingredients and made it one of our favorite foods to take to the beach. The Quesadilla style makes it easy to eat at the beach. Yummm!

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cup Favorite BBQ Sauce (Our favorite is Sweet Baby Rays)
  • 1 Cup Monterrey Cheese 
  • 1/2 Cup Blue Cheese
  • 1 pound Bacon
  • 1/4  Sun Dried Tomatoes
  • 1/2 Red Onion
  • 1/4 Cup Olive Oil
  • 4 Stalks of Green Onions
  • 4 Large Flour Tortilla

Directions

  • Chop Bacon and fry until crispy , put to the side.
  • Saute Red Onion and Sun Dried Tomatos in Olive Oil then mix with bacon.
  • Toast tortilla and spread bbq sauce on one side
  • Add Blue Cheese , Bacon Mixture, Chopped Green Onion, and Cheese.
  • Place in oven at 350 degrees for ten minutes

Red Skinned Potato & Bacon Salad

One of the items we will be bringing to Crystal Cove for our beach hurrah!

2 pounds clean, scrubbed new red potatoes

1 pound bacon

1 onion, finely chopped

1 stalk celery, finely chopped

2 cups mayonnaise

salt and pepper to taste

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain and set in the refrigerator to cool.

Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.

Chop the cooled potatoes, leaving skin on. Add to a large bowl, along with the  bacon, onion and celery. Add mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste. Chill for an hour before serving.

Moana Sands Recipe

Our favorite hotel in Hawaii is the Moana Surfrider on Waikiki. It is amazing and they make an amazing drink called the Moana Sands. My favorite part is the amazing tropical taste and purple orchid they put on each drink. 


2 oz Chambord raspberry liqueur

6 oz peach schnapps

coconut syrup

orange juice


Pour chambord and peach schnapps over crushed ice in a collins glass. Fill up to half with coconut syrup, fill the other half with orange juice, and stir. Garnish with a paper umbrella through a marachino cherry and orange wedge. 

After a few minutes the juice and syrup should separate from the alcohol giving it a sand-like look. (But it tastes much better.)

$1.00 Raspberries at Barons. Yummy! (Taken with Instagram at Barons Market)

$1.00 Raspberries at Barons. Yummy! (Taken with Instagram at Barons Market)

Beautiful Clouds tonight. They looked painted (Taken with Instagram at Barons Market)

Beautiful Clouds tonight. They looked painted (Taken with Instagram at Barons Market)

Mad Men Cocktail Recipes

I need to try Betty Draper’s favorite Vodka Gimlet. Cocktails are co-stars on Mad Men so to love the show you must experience the the beverages.Betty Draper's Vodka Gimlet

Recipe for my Raspberry Mojito.

4 raspberries
6 mint leaves
1 1/2 oz. white rum
3/4 oz. fresh-squeezed lime juice
3/4 oz. simple syrup
2 oz. 7Up

Directions

  1. Muddle raspberries first, then mint.
  2. Add rum, lime juice, simple syrup, and ice.
  3. Shake vigorously.
  4. Strain into a chilled glass filled with ice.
  5. Top it with 7Up.

My husband is currently enjoying his 1st Raspberry Mojito. I think it is a hit.

 

Ikea it’s what’s for dinner (Taken with Instagram at IKEA)

Ikea it’s what’s for dinner (Taken with Instagram at IKEA)

2 accidents on S 15 Uggggg (Taken with Instagram at 15 S)

2 accidents on S 15 Uggggg (Taken with Instagram at 15 S)

Emma and her Mockingjay (Taken with Instagram at Flippi’s)

Emma and her Mockingjay (Taken with Instagram at Flippi’s)

Canoli Time (Taken with Instagram at Spuntino Pizzeria & Deli)

Canoli Time (Taken with Instagram at Spuntino Pizzeria & Deli)

Emma just Finished the Series

The 10th Anniversary of 9-11

September 11 at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley

4:30 p.m. Musical Performances
5:00 p.m. Program
5:45 p.m. Freedom Walk

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and MilitaryConnection.com bring to our city the 6th Annual Simi Valley Freedom Walk on Sunday, September 11. Please join us as we remember the victims of September 11, and honor our troops who continue to fight for freedom. The program will include patriotic music, keynote remarks by New York Firefighter Lt. John McCole, who worked the rescue missions of 9-11, tributes to the military, law enforcement and the fire department, and a 1.8 mile walk (complimentary shuttles will return participants to their cars). This event is free to attend.

Also, from September 1 through September 30, the Reagan Library will be collecting donations for U.S. Soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan in the Library’s main lobby. Items must be unwrapped and in original packaging, including: packets of trail mix, peanuts, gum, hard candy and beef jerky; snacks that are not heat sensitive and will not melt in hot temperatures; individual packets of lemonade or Crystal Light for water bottles; CDs and DVDs; used video games; AA batteries; stationery; and pre-paid phone cards. Only miniature hygiene items will be accepted.

Please click here to register

Emma eating her Penguins. (Taken with Instagram at Penguin’s Place Frozen Yougurt)

Emma eating her Penguins. (Taken with Instagram at Penguin’s Place Frozen Yougurt)

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