Our very own Texas reds fest

When bakingupchaos and I lived in College Station, Texas one of our favorite annual events was the Texas reds festival. We weren't able to make it this year so we decided to hold our own in spirit (plus I got to watch the Texas A&M game). We started by finding the right bottle of red wine, amazingly enough we found a Texas reds label Messina Hof wine locally. It is a blend of 60% cab sav 20% merlot and 20% cab franc.




Next, we had to have steaks, I seasoned them with our house seasoning. Our house seasoning is 1 cup salt, 1/2 cup garlic powder, 1/4 cup black pepper & 1/4 onion powder.




We were out of gas for the grill and I didn't have the energy to mess with the charcoal so I decided to use my cast iron in the oven. If you do so preheat the over to 400 and put the cast iron to heat in the oven. When you are ready to cook your steaks pull the cast iron out of the oven and since its hot, it will give you a good sear on your steaks.




You can't live on steak and wine alone, (but I'd sure like to try) so we made a cheese wonton appetizer and a side of roasted potatoes. For the appetizer take full size wonton wrappers and roll cheese sticks inside them. Bake at 350 until the wrapper is brown and crispy.




All in all we had a good night celebrating the festival on our own!




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Hello

I want to make my first post an introduction so you can get to know me and who I am.

I am a stay at home father of four boys ages 7, 6, 4 and 2. Together with my beautiful wife, we manage the chaos of raising these boys. She is my partner, my strength, and my soul mate. I truly don't know how I would make it some days without her. My wife and I enjoy cooking, baking and drinking wine. It is one of our ways to remain a couple while also being parents.

I am Christian but I don't claim to be perfect, I'm a sinner and I have to ask for forgiveness often. I am native Texan which makes me very conservative in my political views. I believe that elected officials have the obligation to be servant leaders rather than serving their own needs.

I have had a life long passion with aviation, I hold an FAA private pilot license with an instrument rating and a flight attendant license. I was a flight attendant with a regional airline for 4 years. I have been a licensed pilot since 2000. I serve in the civil air patrol and have done so for the past 12 years.

Welcome to the land of OZ!! I will be posting on these topics and others that just come to mind. Some will be humorous and others will be more serious. Please let me know what you think and how I can improve as I am new to this.


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