Thursday 10-25 Closing Day of Dance

Our day started out with a little rain but the sun did come out in the afternoon.

We started the day early by going to Allemande Hall in Waco for the second day of DBD with Johnny Preston. The first two hour session began at 9:00. We had two squares and an extra couple. Johnny played with Peel-The-Top in different positions, it was very challenging. Dalbert and Luann invited us along with Nancy and Ken from Dallas to go to McAlister's for lunch. This was our first time to McAlister's so it took us a bit to figure out what we wanted. We ended up sharing a Italian Chopped Salad. We told them that we were going to split it, they brought it out already separated into two bowls, very nice. It was delicious. After lunch we headed back to the hall. The afternoon session started at 1:00. We had an outstanding two days of dancing with Johnny Preston and super dancers. 

Nancy and Jimmy having a great time dancing

Friends having fun dancing to Johnny

Larry follows a couple of bloggers and one of them blogged about how she and her husband make empanadas. Larry ordered a set of presses like they use, the set has three different sizes and was only $7. You can buy the shells at either HEB or Walmart, took us a bit to locate them in the frozen food section.

Empanadas presses

Today I made empanadas for dinner. I browned Italian Sausage and added barbecue sauce to it. Then I put a shell in the medium press. I filled the shell with the meat mixture. Then I pressed both sides together. I put the Empanadas on a cookie sheet that I sprayed with cooking spray. Then I brushed olive oil on the Empanadas and baked them at 375 for 20 minutes. They came out perfect. They looked like they were deep fried. 

Empanadas shell in press

Shell stuffed with meat

What the Empanadas looked like after it was pressed

 

The finished product

In the evening we watched YouTube videos and an episode of GizWiz. Then we watched a couple of episodes of House.