Red River Wine Festival - April 21, 2012

The Pecan Shed will have a booth at the Red River Wine Festival this Saturday! The event is held at the J.S. Bridwell Ag Center from 6-11pm. There will be over 25 wine booths, lots of beer, merchandise booths, and food booths.

The Pecan Shed will be taking our Fudge Dipped Strawberries, Homemade Fudge, and Candied Pecans. We will be running a special for the Wine Festival only...everything will be sold for just $2.00 each!

For more information visit www.redriverwinefestival.com

All the proceeds from this event stay right here in Wichita Falls. The Senior Junior Forum hosts the event and this group benefits organizations like Beacon Lighthouse for the Blind, First Step, Children's Aid Society, Meals on Wheels, Special Olympics, the Fantasy of Lights, and they give out four MSU scholarships each year...just to name some of the groups they benefit.

Grab your friends and head out to the Wine Festival this weekend. It is a lot of fun!!!

April is National Pecan Month

All month long the Pecan Shed will be giving away free samples of our pecan pieces with every purchase as a way to celebrate National Pecan Month.

You might be asking yourself...

Why is April National Pecan Month????

I am glad you asked!

While no one asked for my personal opinion on the subject...my best guess would be that the "Powers That Be" chose April as a way to highlight that pecans are good for much more than just pecan pies in November and December.

Pecans are heart healthy. They also have lots of vitamins and minerals. And there a million ways to use them. Visit the National Pecan Shellers Associationa website at www.ilovepecans.org to learn much more about the newest research with pecans and to see some really yummy recipes! They have things on their website like Spinach Pecan Quiche, Banana Pecan Strudel, Lemon Pecan Green Beans, Pecan Crusted Trout, Pecan and Chicken Stuffed Mushrooms, and much, much more!

Of course the Pecan Shed has lots of great recipes too. We have my Great Aunt BeBe's Award Winning Pecan Pie recipe on there and my Aunt Barbara's Famous Fudge recipe too. Barbara's fudge has sold for several thousand...yes I said thousand...dollars at local fundraisers! Visit www.pecanshed.com to find these and more tasty recipes.

The National Pecan Shellers site even has fun facts on there. Did you know pecans could improve your love life? Do you know how many pecans it would take to reach the top of the Empire State Building? How about how many pecans it would take to reach the moon? All this and more can be found at www.ilovepecans.org.

Who knew pecans were so exciting?!?! Well I did of course!

Stop by the Pecan Shed today to help us celebrate National Pecan Month! Taste our fudge...filled with our pecans...and grab your free sample of pecan pieces while you are here!