Bell Pepper Caprese Salad

Slices of fresh mozzarella, and yellow and red bell peppers sprinkled with coarse salt and balsamic vinegar. Usually a Caprese salad has tomatoes, but the only ones available at the store were too sad-looking to be used at my table.

Chocolate Malt Mocha

A home barista experiment - chocolate malt mocha. Ovaltine-a-licious. Different. Not great, but I may try it again.

Steak on a Stick

Instead of grilling up rib-eyes the usual way, I diced them up and put them on skewers. Lots of salt, pepper and garlic seasoning and..wow. I'll be grilling with this method again soon. Much easier to control the done-ness.

Cinco de Mayo Dinner - I'm Calling for a Re-Match

A fish taco and two steak tacos from Casa del Sol in the 8th Street Marketplace. Cinco de Mayo "to go" for us last night. We'll need to book a re-celebration for Cinco de Mayo because I want a feast.

Lemon Pudding Cake - Another Version

I featured a lemon pudding cake a couple of weeks ago that my mom had made. She was searching for a recipe that her mother used to make. Here's a version she sent me to try, which I thought tasted good and had an interesting meringue-like top. But it wasn't very much like a cake.

1/4 c flour

1 c sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1 tblsp of lemon zest

1/4 c lemon juice

2 beaten egg yolks

1 c of milk

Blend together and fold in 2 stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake at 350 degrees in a hot water bath for 50 minutes.

First Visit to My Thai in Eagle

On your first visit to My Thai, let them know you're a first-timer and you get a free appetizer. Above are the spring rolls. The plum sauce they were served with was super yummy.

Above is the kids' menu won ton soup. We had two kids with us for dinner and they disliked this soup. Too much garnish for kid taste buds. And one more thing to get off my chest before I continue with the review. Charging $3 for a kid-sized milk is outrageous! Now, on to some positives.....

Chicken panang. I really like panang and this was passable. I craved more zing and fire, but that's normal for me :)

And this is funny - my husband's dinner. He doesn't remember what he ordered. It looks like curry. He says the blend of flavors took some getting used to. The atmosphere of My Thai is pleasant with striking views of the Boise Front, the restaurant is right next to a man-made pond/water feature, and inside there is a big and peaceul water feature and lots of candles.

Onion Rings and Jambalaya

We were repeat customers at TableRock Brewpub and Grill over the weekend. This time, we tried their homemade onion rings and the jambalaya. Both excellent, and the onion rings are really special.