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Happy Hour and Dessert in Capitol Hill

  Happy Hour Street Tacos with Carne Asada and a Miami Vice from Poquitos.  Poquitos is located in Capitol Hill and they're serving up authentic Mexican cuisine and cocktails. Their happy hour deal is a good one- during Ocho hour, everything on the happy hour menu is just $8! I went with a Miami Vice, a classic Pina Colada with Strawberry. This blended cocktail was so fruity and delicious. To eat I had two Carne Asada Street Tacos and a Birria Poquitos Burrito. The Burrito was small and served with a side of Consommé sauce. Both food items were tasty and satisfying.  My husband also had some Street Tacos and a Margarita from the happy hour menu. My sons had a Cheese Quesadilla and beans and rice. Everyone enjoyed their dinner. I first visited Poquitos in 2012, also for happy hour, and I remembered liking it then, too. It was time for a meal there again.  For dessert, we walked about ten minutes west to  Voodoo Doughnut . The Seattle location opened late last ye...
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Banana Crumb Muffins

Ripe Bananas.  You know what that means? Time to bake!  As a kid my mom would whip up some banana muffins for breakfast.  When I woke up and wandered into the kitchen while wiping sleep out of my eyes, I'd breathe in the aroma of bananas and brown sugar while she pulled them out of the oven.  These muffins taste like banana bread but they have the added factor of a crumbly brown sugar and butter topping which is added before baking.  When they're done they have a nice crackly, crunchy and sweet texture.




                                                                 Banana Crumb Muffins


My mom originally found this recipe in Taste of Home.

Yield:  About 1 dozen muffins

Ingredients:

1-1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 t. baking soda
1 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
3 large ripe bananas, mashed
3/4 c. sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/3 c. butter or margarine, melted
Topping:
1/3 c. packed brown sugar
1 T. all-purpose flour
1/8 t. ground cinnamon
1 T. butter or margarine

Directions:

In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients.  Combine bananas, sugar, egg and butter; mix well.  Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.  Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full.  Combine the first three topping ingredients; cut in butter until crumbly.  Sprinkle over muffins.  Bake at 375 degrees for 18-20 minutes or until muffins test done.  Cool in pan ten minutes before removing to a wire rack. 
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