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Tequila-Lime Chicken/Shrimp Skewers

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  Hello friends! We are already getting great feedback from our Etsy store customers on our spices and sauce and we appreciate it! There have been several requests for recipe ideas- we are happy to oblige! Here is a favorite using our proprietary blend we call "Spanish Gold". Enjoy and please let us know how your dish comes out by comments here or any of our social media outlets, thanks! https://www.etsy.com/shop/GoodLifeRamblings?ref=search_shop_redirect Tequila-Lime Shrimp Skewers: Prep Time: 30 min Cook Time: approx. 10 min Ingredients 1 lb. of uncooked, deveined, and peeled large shrimp OR 1 lb. of chicken breast, cut into 1-inch pieces 2 tbsp or to taste- Good Life Rambling’s Spanish Gold spice mix 2 tbsp. cooking oil. Olive or avocado oil work well 1.5 oz. tequila- something like your basic Jose Cuervo is perfect Juice and zest of 1 lime Optional- 4 cloves of fresh garlic, finely minced Skewers- we use bamboo ones, but any material is fine Now,...

Into the Blue

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      Into the Blue by Craig Adams I grew up on an island but it was a big island, you might say it was a Long Island. Growing up there you learn early that the place to be in the summer was at the shore, North or South, either one would do. As it was, my brother and I spent the majority of our formative years being raised by our single mother. Growing up in the City of Brotherly Love she never learned to drive and money was always tight so opportunities to get to the beach were few and far between. She also never learned to swim ergo for the first dozen or so years of my life, neither did I. A wonderful thing happened in the summer of my 12 th year. My mom bought me and my brother season passes to the Town of Babylon pool on Phelps Lane! I’m not sure how she came up with the money but it seemed too good to be true, a minor miracle. After all, most of our buddies came from families with two parents and seemingly had money to burn and of course, season passes to the tow...