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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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Berry Muffins

Raspberries and strawberries are my sons' favorite fruits so we eat a lot of them and they're always well stocked in our fridge.  Today I had about one cup of raspberries I needed to use because this week my sons actually aren't into them and I figured they'd eat them in muffin form.  They're in that picky stage of toddlerhood so every meal and every snack is a question of whether they'll eat it or not.  But they like their carbs and if it has flour and sugar they're down for it.  But sometimes we need to make carbs and treats healthier.  Berries are in season and it's always fun in the summer to bake with fresh fruit.  I also added a half cup of lemon pudding to the muffins to give it a little citrus flavor.  I found a recipe online here and adapted it to my liking because sometimes its fun to experiment a little.  The muffins turned out dense and hearty, but soft because of the yogurt and lemon pudding in the mixture.  I didn't add any topping to my muffins, so they look more rustic and homemade, but that's okay, too.  I like the way the berries baked so they're all sweet and gooey in the muffins.  They'll be yummy tomorrow for breakfast! 

Berry Muffins

1 3/4 c. flour
1 c. sugar
2 t. baking powder
1/4 t. baking soda
1/4 t. salt
3 eggs
1 1/4 t. vanilla
1/2 c. vanilla yogurt
1/2 c. lemon pudding (I just used pudding from a snack cup, using ingredients you have in your fridge at the time makes it more fun)
1 c. fresh raspberries
1 c. fresh strawberries, chopped into pieces

Pre- heat oven to 350 degrees.  Prepare muffin tin by either using a non-stick one or use liners.  Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into bowl and stir together.  In another bowl, add eggs, vanilla, yogurt and pudding.  Blend together.  Add wet mixture to the dry mixture and carefully stir together as not to over mix.  Then fold in the berries into the mixture and gently stir.  Fill each muffin liner about 3/4 full.  Bake for 20-25 minutes.  Check with a toothpick and if it comes out clean, they're done.  Yield: 12 muffins.

Enjoy the last bit of summer and enjoy the fruits that are in season! 










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