Fuzzy's Tacos

On Monday nights Ben has pool club. This week he thought he wasn't going to have to play, so we were going to have dinner at home. Just before we got started making anything to eat, his brother called and said their team was one person short, and Ben would have to come play after all. So Ben decided that it would be faster if we went out to eat someplace up towards where he would need to be to play pool afterward. We remembered that the P.E. teacher at my school had told me that another Fuzzy's Taco location had opened up in Arlington, but we hadn't tried it out yet.

If you've never heard of Fuzzy's Taco, it's a tiny little restaurant just off the corner of University and Berry in Fort Worth, just down the block from TCU. I have to admit that I didn't go there too often in college, because (1) there's no parking on Berry and (2) walking across Berry is a pain in the rear. The times that we did run across that busy street, I definitely enjoyed some fantastic veggie tacos.

Well the new location in Arlington is just as tasty as the one I remember. Ben had the ground beef crunchy tacos, and they came out exactly as he ordered them -- meat and cheese only. (Sometimes we go out and they put veggies on his tacos by accident. *gasp!*) Obviously I'm not an expert on ground beef tacos, but he said they were pretty good. Since I had always ordered the grilled veggie tacos before, I decided to branch out and try something new. And let me tell you, their grilled veggie sandwich is really good! Add a splash of their Butt Burnin' sauce at the table, and you're good to go! I enjoyed it so much I even called my mom on the way back home to tell her about it.

So if you're from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, or just in town for a visit, drop by one of the five Fuzzy's Taco locations for some delicious tacos and tex-mex food!

Weekend in Austin

I just love going to Austin. Did I mention that before? :) Not only because I get to spend time with friends we don't see often enough, but because Austin is so incredibly veggie-friendly! Whenever we go out to eat in the DFW area, people always ask me where I can eat. When people ask me that in Austin, I say I can eat anywhere! It's Austin, there's going to be *something* vegetarian on the menu.

I had said in my previous post that I hoped we could eat at Trudy's and Dog Almighty this weekend, and we had the chance to eat at both!

My absolute favorite thing to order at Trudy's is the Veggie Flaquita dinner. Imagine an enchilada-sized flauta stuffed with spinach, pinto and black beans, corn, pico de gallo and cheese. The flaquitas are fried and topped with your choice of sauce. Usually I get the suiza sauce, which is a verde sauce mixed with a little sour cream. Saturday night I was a bit daring and had the caliente sauce, which was a spicy verde sauce. (Yes, I do love verde sauces...) The veggie flaquitas come with rice and your choice of bean--they have six different kinds of bean. I had the refried black beans, which are a little spicy. Yum!

Today on our way out of town we stopped in for lunch at Dog Almighty. What I love about this little place is that you can order anything on their menu vegetarian. Anything. The first time Ben took me there years ago I ordered the chili dog, just because I'd never had a chili dog. And you know what I learned? Chili dogs are ridiculously messy! :) Today I had the Broken Spoke Dog, which comes topped with BBQ sauce and sauteed onions, but I had them add sliced jalapenos too. So good! Ben always orderes the Jalapeno Corndog (with a regular ol' beef hot dog). He loves it because the batter is spicy with bits of jalapeno peppers in it. Every time we go, I'm tempted to try a veggie one. Maybe next time!

Friday Feature

Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't been posting any new blogs lately. I've been sick with the flu, still am actually, and it just has made me feel so run down that I get tired from doing the simplest things. The doctor says I should be feeling better by the end of the weekend, which is great because I've been in the mood to make soap for the longest time, but haven't been able to.

But I did want to let everyone know that my Cuticle Balm has been featured in a Treasury on Etsy. Woo hoo! Go check it out, there are really nice items there to look at.

Now onto my regularly scheduled Friday Feature: The Cupcake Mint! Who doesn't love a good cupcake, especially around Valentine's Day? Everything in her shop is made to order, so you can even order in advance and have your cupcakes sent to you on a certain date. How convenient is that? Here are a couple of my favorites from her shop (and let me tell you, this was a hard pick...they all look so yummy!). You'd never guess by looking at them that they're all dairy free too!

These chocolate ganache dipped mini cupcakes are what first brought me to The Cupcake Mint. If frosted cupcakes are delicious, chocolate-dipped cupcakes are even better. This set of six mini cupcakes comes in a cute heart-shaped tin, and a hand-written valentine. Just put your valentine message in your comments to seller at check out, and they'll get you all taken care of!

What could be better than a mint chocolate cupcake? I love the combination of sweet chocolate with that refreshing zing of peppermint. Plus, the little green leaf on top is just too cute. They send the cupcakes unfrosted, so you can be creative and decorate them yourself. Fun!