In the Kitchen

Over the past few years I have learned so much about nutrition and taking care of myself and my family. The phrase, “we are what we eat” is a 100% fact. What we put in our mouth has more impact on our bodies either positively or negatively than we could ever realize. All the information is incredibly overwhelming… (I am still a little overwhelmed to tell you the truth). I plan to post recipes, articles, links to other blogs, kitchen and food products that I love and really anything I find pertinent to wellness and nutrition.

Local Fort Worth Restaurant Deals: Happy Hours, Weekday Specials, Weekend Brunch & Dessert! 

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I have spent some time gathering local Fort Worth Restaurants into one happy place. Do yourself a favor and copy this list and somehow get it into the “notes” app on your phone, so you have it accessible whenever you need a fresh idea of where to dine. I used this yesterday and saw that it was $10 backdoor chicken night at Velvet Taco, so I gave it a try and got a thumbs up from the whole family.

An * indicates a special extra info about a restaurant… a particularly good deal or Gluten Free options. Check down at the bottom for the extra info.

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The “I Need to Try” list is my PERSONAL list of restaurants I  have never been to, so after you copy this list feel free to edit your “need to try” list to fit your personal desires.

I NEED TO TRY:
Acre Distilling & Coffee
Cannon Chinese
Craftwork Coffee – (neat idea for office space rental!).
Dagwoods
*From Across the Pond
FW Market + Table
Kona Grill
Little Red Wasp
Pho Noodle & Grill
Pouring Glory
Press Cafe
Revolver Taco Lounge
Shinjuku Station
Velvet Taco
Woodshed

HAPPY HOUR!!!!
Blue Sushi: until 7, all day Sun
BJ’s: M-F 3-7
Blue Mesa: M-F 4-7:30
Bravo: M-F 3:30-6:30
Brewed: Tu-F 3-6
Cafe Modern: Fridays 4-7
Canon Chinese: M-F 5-6:30
Cat City Grill: M-F 4-7
Chuys: M-F 4-7 (free nacho/taco/queso)
Dutch’s: S-S 4-7,  25% off bar food
Eddie V’s: Sun-Sat 4pm+
Inzo: M-F 3-6
Kona Grille: M-Sa 3-7 & Sun 9-11
McAlister – $.99 kid meals
PF Changs: M-F 3-7
Press Cafe: ?
Righteous Foods: M-F 2-5
*Rio Mambo: M-F 3-7
Shaw’s: M-F, 3-7, T/Th 1/2 burgers
Shinjuku Station: M-F 3-6:30
Silver Fox: S-S 4-7
Social House: M-F 4-7
Tavern: M-F 3-6
Taverna: M-F 1-8
Winslows: M-TH 4-7, Sun 4-10
WorldofBeer: M-F 3-7, Su-Th 10+

MONDAY:
Dutch- $2 kid meals
Hauffbrau – kids free
Inzo wine night
Free Birds – kids free
Rock bottom – kids free
Tavern – 25% off wine bottles
Velvet Taco -$10 backdoor chick

TUESDAY: 
BJ’s – 1/2 off wine
CFA- night kids eat free
Dutch: 1/2 D Burger, $2 beer
Inzo- B1G1 1/2 off pizza
Rock bottom – kids free
Rosas – taco Tuesday 3 for $4.39
Tavern – 25% off wine bottles

WEDNESDAY:
Bravo $5 martinis
Los Vaqueros- kids eat free
Palios- BYOB, B1G1 free pizza
Pappasitos – 1/2 fajitas
Taverna – 1/2 price wine bottles

THURSDAY:
Bravo – $5 wine
FW market & table – $3 draft
*Rio Mambo – margarita discount

SATURDAY Brunch:
Brewed 9-2:30
Cafe Modern 10-3
Fixture 11-3
Gloria’s Cuisine 11-3
Hot Damn Tomales 9-3
Little Red Wasp 10-4
Los Vaqueros 10-2:30
Lucile’s 9-2
Max’s wine dive 10-3
Mimi’s 7-11
Righteous Foods
Shaws Patio 10:30-2, $5 ritas
Social House 11am
Tavern 9-3
Taverna 11-3
Winslows 10:30-2
Woodshed 8-11

SUNDAY Brunch:
Bearded Lady Brunch 11-2
Bird Cafe 10am
Blue Mesa 9-3
Blue Sushi- 12-10 wine $4
Brewed 9-2:30
Buttons 11-4
Cafe Modern 10-3
Campisis 1/2 price wine
Cane Rosso 11-3 $1 mimosa
Cast Iron 11-2
Cat City Grill 10:30-1:30
Del Frisco’s Grille 11-3
Eddie V’s HH all day
Esperanza’s 6:30-5
Fixture 11-3
Fred’s Texas Cafe 10-12
Gloria’s Cuisine 11-3
Inzo – kids free w/ 2 entrees
Kona Grill 50% all day
Little Red Wasp 10-4
Los Vaqueros 10-2:30
Lucile’s 9-2
Max’s wine dive 10-3
Mimi’s 7-11
Mi Cocina 3-7
PacificTable 9-3 $3 BM,oys,mim
Pegaso 10-2
Reata: 11-2:30
Shaws Patio 10:30-2,
Social House 11am
Spiral Diner 9-5
Tavern 9-3
Taverna 10-3
Winslows 10:30-2
Woodshed 8-11
World of Beer 11-3
Yucatan 10-10


DESSERT:

Bahama Bucks- shaved ice
Baskin Robbin’s
Black Rooster Bakery
Bluebonnet Bakery
Braum’s
Brewed – s’mores in a jar
Came Rosso (s’mores calzone)
Carlo’s Bakery- (Cakeboss Dallas!)
Cheesecake Factory
Cold Stone Creamery
Cookies by Design
Curly’s – frozen custard
Cupcake Cottage
Dairy Queen (apple tart)
Del Frisco’s G-coconut creme pie
Del Frisco’s-Del’s Delight (drink)
Eddie V’s (Banana’s Foster)
Ellerbe (bread pudding)
Funky Town Donuts
Hurley House
Inzo’s Nutella Cheesecake
J Rae’s
La Madeleine
Leah’s Sweet Treats
Lili’s Donuts
Local Foods Kitchen: crunch cake
Marble Slab
McKinley’s
Melt ice Creamery
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Paciugo
Paul’s Donuts on Hemphill
Pho District – Creme Brûlée
Pop N Cream-popcorn & Icecream
Reata-bread pudding & molten
Red Robbin – bottomless root beer
Rita’s Italian Ice
Shakolad Chocolate Factory
Steel City Pops
Stir Crazy Baked goods
Sugar Biscuit Cakery
Sweet Frog TCU
Sweet Sammies
Swiss Pastry Shop
Tavern (Key Lime Pie)
Yogurtland – frozen yogurt

OTHER IDEAS:

3 Parrots
Blue Crab
Cantina Laredo
Central Market
Cheesecake Factory
Chipotle
Corner Bakery
Del Frisco’s
Ellerbe
Five Guys
Flying Saucer
Fuzzy’s
Grace
Jason’s Deli
Joe T Garcia’s
Kincaid’s
La Madeleine
Lili’s Bistro
Little Lilly Sushi
Lucile’s
McAlister’s
Mi Cocina
Olive Garden
Outback
Piranha Sushi
Pho Nam
Pie Five
Razzoo’s
Reata
Red Robin
Risky’s BBQ
Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Simply Fondue
Spiral Diner
Steel City Pops
Texas de Brazil
Torchy’s
Uncle Julio’s
Uno
Yucatan Taco Stand

*From Across the Pond – Large gluten free menu
* Rio Mambo – Gluten Free Dinner & Bar menu!

*Frogsaver App – Download the app to find great coupons on restaurants like: Abuelos, Bravo, Brewed, Cantina Laredo, Charlestons, Corner Bakery, Daddy Jacks, IHOP, Inzo, + many more!! In addition coupons for many other services!!

*Fort Worth Kid Friendly Restaurants:  I found this great list of Kid-Friendly restaurants from last year done by the Fort Worth Mom’s Blog. It may give you a few more ideas.

Help me add to this list!! If you have another restaurant others ought to try or another deal… I will keep this list as a work in progress!

Thanks for checking it out and a special shout-out to a group of Tanglewood mom’s for such great input!!

A steal @ Velvet Taco

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I keep on going absent with my writing,  but I hope to be more intentional about blogging even if it’s short, sweet, and not deep at all. This post is about practicality. I have been gathering / creating a list of Fort Worth restaurants this week and finding out about their happy hours, weekday specials and brunches. Today I took advantage of a Monday special I hadn’t heard about before….

Backdoor chicken @ Velvet Taco. Sounds shady doesn’t it? It is a little bizarre I might add… The restaurant Velvet Taco on West 7th street has a main entrance and a side window. On Monday’s they have a killer steal…. Half price on their rotisserie chicken meal.



Normally it’s $20 for the bag, but in Monday’s you sneak over to the side window… Knock or ring the bell, and they will hand you a bag for $10.


What’s in the bag? Rotisserie chicken, corn (like a spicy cream corn), pico de gallo (very tasty), and a salsa (spicy too)! Oh, and 6 tortillas. Overall I loved it. My kids liked it minus all the spicy stuff.

Sorry the picture isn’t the best quality but this is what we got for $10 and I bought 2 bags so we’d have some leftovers.

Have you ever been there? This was my first experience. What else do you like to eat there?

Xoxoxoxo,

Sarah

#velvettaco

Welcome to Wine & Myrrh

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Welcome. It feels a little strange to think someone might actually read my blog. This is my first post EVER into the massive blog-o-sphere. I NEVER thought I would blog. I don’t see myself as a good writer (probably not fair to compare myself with other amazing blogs) , and I avoid venturing  into new things. Well, here I am. Blogging.

Wine & Myrrh is already impacting my heart. I’ve had to come to a place where I felt like my opinions and stories were worth sharing. I shared a part of my story a few months ago on Facebook about a miscarriage I had and I couldn’t believe the amount of feedback. I realized that it’s not ME on this journey… we are ALL on this journey together, but our individual paths look a little bit different. After that Facebook post, I really prayed and felt I was supposed to begin sharing my story. All of it. No doubt some parts will likely be boring, but I hope  other parts will encourage, strengthen, and increase the faith of those reading.

Why Wine&Myrrh?  Here’s why…

Biblical Meaning
Mark 15:23 “Then they offered him (Jesus) wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.” Both the wine and the myrrh would have helped relax and numb Jesus’s pain while He hung on the cross, however HE REFUSED IT.  Not only did it fulfill a prophecy that He would drink vinegar, but Jesus bore 100% of the pain for us, when He could have easily had just a little bit of relief. Wow. Insert “Jesus loves me” song here. I know He loves me.

Wine
– I like wine. 🙂
– Symbolizes Miracles: Jesus turned water into wine.
– Symbolizes Jesus: wine symbolizes His blood poured out for me and you.
– Represents joy, celebration, and festivity, & the abundant blessings of God.
– Also symbolizes our need for self control (in all areas of life).

Myrrh
-Symbolizes Beauty & Marriage – it was a popular custom to lay a bundle of myrrh on one’s chest while sleeping as a beauty treatment in preparation for a wedding.  Esther was provided oil of myrrh before her wedding.— Song of Solomon 1:13
– Symbolizes bitterness, suffering, and affliction. The Hebrew word for myrrh is Mowr which means “distilled,” and comes from the root word Marar which means “bitterness.” The baby Jesus would grow to suffer greatly as a man and would pay the ultimate price when He gave His life on the cross for all who would believe in Him.
-Symbolizes Christ’s Return: Revelation 8:3-4 tells us that the original altar of incense continues to be used before the throne of God in Heaven. Psalm 45:8 describes Yeshua’s (Jesus) garments: “All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia…” (This oil blend smells AMAZING!)
-Myrrh is an essential oil – it has incredible healing properties AND essential oils have become my passion and purpose in this season of life.

So, what does this all mean to me? God is good. He has provided so many good things for me including wine and myrrh, but because they are good doesn’t mean there is no limit. Like the saying goes there can be “too much of a good thing”. Too much wine leads too drunkenness and possibly even death. Too much myrrh… honestly I don’t know what happens with the ingestion of too much myrrh resin or essential oil, but I’m guessing  it wouldn’t be a good idea. Today’s society is a “feels good = good” society. I believe I have a responsibility to take care of myself, my family, and my friends and family.  I do my best to use the Bible as my guide for right and wrong… mixed in with what the Holy Spirit tells me and sometimes a ‘lil ol common sense.

Thank you for reading and joining me on this journey. I pray abundant blessings over you and yours during the 2015 year.

Love, Sarah

Ezekial 47-12