Restaurants to Try

Amazon Grill
Americas
Amerigo's Grille
Antica Osteria
Aquarium
Baba Yega
Baby Barnaby's
Backstreet Cafe
Beaver's Ice House
Becks Prime
Bellaire Broiler Burger
Berryhill Baja Grill
Bistro Don Camillo
Bistro Provence
Blake's BBQ
The Breakfast Klub
Bubba's Texas Burger Shack
Brenner's Steakhouse
Buffalo Grille
Cabo's
Cadillac Bar
Cafe Adobe
Cafe Benedicte
Café Rabelais
Capriccio Tapas
Carrabba's Italian Grill
Catalan
Chez Nous
The Chocolate Bar
Christian's Totem
Churrascos
Cullen's Upscale American Grill
Daily Review Cafe
Da Marco

Damian's
Dolce Vita
Dry Creek Cafe
El Rey
El Tiempo
Empire Cafe
Escalante's Mexican Grill
Feast
Floyd's Cajun Seafood
Frenchy's Chicken
Fu's Garden
Fuzzy's Pizza
Gigi's Asian Bistro and Dumpling Bar
Gilhooley's
Glass Wall
Goode Company Hamburgers & Taqueria
Goode Company Barbecue
Goode Company Seafood
Gumbo Bar
House of Pies
Hubcap Burger Grill
Indika
Irma’s
Jasper's
Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen
Kim Son
Kraftsmen Baking
La Guadalupana Bakery and Café
Landry's Seafood
Lankford Grocery and Market

Little Big's
Mardi Gras Grill
Max's Wine Dive
Mi Luna
Molina's Cantina
Mytiburger
Original Ninfa’s on Navigation
Otto's
Pappas Barbecue
Pappasitos
Pink's Pizza
Ragin' Cajun
Rainbow Lodge
Raven Grill
Reef
Rio Ranch
Shade
Spanish Flowers
Star Pizza
Sylvia’s Enchilada Kitchen
Tacos A Go-Go
Taquerias Arandas
Tel-Wink Grill
Textile
Thai Spice
Thelma's
This Is It
Vic & Anthony's
Virgie's BBQ
Yao Restaurant & Bar

new ideas

So its time to work on my blogging skills again. I was doing so well for a moment there and I kind of just fell off the wagon. In the past two months there were many times that I thought - ohh! I should blog about that or that would be a really good thing to blog on. For example: costco lady who line jumped and really really bad drivers who drive below the speed limit and then when they get to the intersection and the light changes yellow they drive through it. Alas by the time I made it to the computer my inspiration was gone or I was too tired to type which is just sad. So I am back. I am not sure how long this will last but I am going to try to get as much as I can out of it. It might become a little scatter brained but if you know me well then you know that I never have just one thing going. Life is too busy to focus on one thing alone. So one of my new projects is to work on finding the best in Houston. There are soo many times when I want something and I type that into the internet to find the best "_____" in Houston and my results are lame and scattered. I mean really - when I type in the best burger in Houston and it comes up with Fuddruckers....umm I don't think so. Lately my search has been for the best Happy Hours in Houston - but see this can mean soo many different things to so many different people. So lets get one thing straight - I don't like crowds, I don't like smoke, and I don't like getting dressed up. Thus the best bar for me might not be the best bar for you or your friend but I do feel like most people value quality service, a pleasant environment, reasonable priced consumables, and decent bathrooms. So I will take it upon myself to find the best of Houston for me.

Watermelon Margaritas

Thanks to Mary we got to try this refreshing summer beverage!

Watermelon Juice
Tequila
Triple Sec
Sugar
Lime Juice

Blend with Ice!

Peach Pound Cake

AMAZING!!!!!

So good. First time I ever got a pound cake out of the bundt pan!

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened

2 cups sugar

6 eggs

1 tsp almond extract

1 tsp vanilla extract (I didn't have almond so I just doubled the vanilla)

3 cups flour

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup sour cream

2 cups diced fresh or frozen peaches

Powdered Sugar

Preheat oven to 350. In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts. In a separate bowl, soft flour, baking soda and salt; add to batter alternately with sour cream. Fold in peaches. Pour into a greased and floured 10-in fluted tube pan. Bake for 60-70 min or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 15 min before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar if desired.

Black Bean Hummus

So I wanted to make hummus to eat with my favorite Baked Multigrain Pita Chips from Target so I asked Chris to pick up some ingredients on the way home from work. But he got stuck in a meeting and I got desperate! So I decided that you could make hummus with black beans.
I think it is awesome and Chris agreed.

Ingredients:
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 chipotle pepper (I had it in the fridge and wanted to give it a kick and some flavor)
S & P

Put all in a food processor and churn. Serve with whatever you like!!

Chipotle Pulled Pork

I had very good intentions on making this pulled pork with sweet potato biscuits but I became very cooked out over the weekend and put off the biscuits. Please they are not a new recipe and I am supposed to try new recipes....Anyways I was very skeptical about the pork but Chris told me it was good so here is the recipe:

Ingredients:
1 (7oz) can chipotle chiles in adobo sauce
1/4 c bbq sauce
1 tsp garlic powder
1.5 tsp ground cumin
1 (1lb) pork tenderloin
1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes, undrained
Remove 1 chile from can and finely chop. Place chile and remaining ingredients in a large saucepan and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Cover and reduce heat and simmer for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. Uncover and cook 10 min or until sauce thickens and pork is tender and remove from heat. Remover pork from sauce and shred. Return to sauce and stir together. Let sit 5 min or more so sauce can be absorbed by the pork.


No Photo cause it kind of looked like Alpo Dog Food...

Crepes!

Crepes for breakfast on Sunday!

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
Pinch of Salt
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1.5-2 cups milk
1 tbsp melted butter
1/2 tsp vanilla

Sift flour and dash of salt into bowl. Make a well. Add egg and yolk in well. Slowly and constantly pour half of the milk in the well and stir at the same time. Then stir in vanilla and butter. Add remaining milk. Cover and let sit at room temperature for at least 20 minutes.
Pour 1/4 cup batter in greased med - med-low frying pan and let cook. Flip and cook. Remove from heat and stuff for fillings of your choice. We used nutella, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, bananas, and maple syrup. Oh and of course powdered sugar!