New Recipe: Honey Mustard Grilled Chicken

I have to start off saying yay! I finally found a new recipe to try! It seems like it has been forever since I cooked something new. I still need recipe suggestions from people reading this though. Anyway, here's the recipe:

Ingredients:
1/3 cup Dijon mustard
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 teaspoon steak sauce (or worchestershire)
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

1. In a shallow bowl, mix the mustard, honey, mayonnaise, and steak sauce. Set aside a small amount of the honey mustard sauce for basting, and dip the chicken into the remaining sauce to coat.

2. Grill chicken over indirect heat for 18 to 20 minutes, turning occassionally, or until juices run clear. Baste occassionalky with the reserved sauce during the last 10 minutes. Watch carefully to prevent burning.

We made this chicken and then cut it into strips and put it on a salad. It was REALLY good! I made the sauce this morning and let the chicken marinate in it all day. I also made some extra sauce and we simply used that as our salad dressing. Danny and I both really liked it and wouldn't change a thing.

HELP! Need new recipes!

I've been stuck in a rut and haven't made a new recipe in about 3 weeks. I keep looking, but I find nothing that appeals to me. So I'm calling out to all 5 of my followers (though Danny is one and he doesn't really count because he doesn't read this, shame on him!) and asking that you PLEASE email me some recipes so I can get back on track. Oh, and share my blog with your friends and family, I need more people reading.

I did just come into the office with the intent to write this blog, but before I got on here, I did go to my favorite recipe site, allrecipes.com, and I found something I think will work for this week, but that just covers this week. I don't want to get stuck in another rut for a couple weeks. I would love to have recipe suggestions and have things planned out for a couple weeks ahead of time. It would definitely makes things easier for me.

Thanks everyone! I look forward to some suggestions!

Restaurant Review: MK's Sushi

So we've eaten at this place a few times, but we ate here again yesterday for lunch and I decided to write a review.

I LOVE sushi! It's just a little pricey so I don't really get to eat it as often as I would like to. I worked a half day yesterday, and Danny took the day off, so we decided to go out to lunch since we know this place does the Bento Box thing. One thing about sushi is that I never feel full after I eat it. And with it being expensive, you can't really order a bunch of rolls (unless you are made of money, which I am not), so as good as it always is, there is always this feeling after eating it like "was that really worth it?" And this place is no exception. We went for dinner a couple times and like always, I felt a little cheated.

But I cannot say that about their lunch. It is ridiculous how much food you get! I got the Roll Bento for $8.95 and I got a California Roll, Spicy Crab Roll, Fried Crab Roll, a salad, and miso soup! I was so full! One of my rolls had 8 pieces, one had 7, and the other had 4. But that was more than enough, and they were all so good! The Spicy Crab Roll was my favorite, followed by the California Roll, and then the Fried Crab Roll. This place still wasn't anywhere near as good as Zena Sushi (see previous review on them), but for lunch it was amazing.

One thing I really, REALLY hate about this place though...they send out coupons in the mailers all the time, and I think we have tried to use them on 3 different occassions and they will not honor them. There are no limitations stated on the coupons themselves, but every time we go to pay with one, they come up with some lame excuse as to why we can't use it. We've gone for dinner during the week, dinner during the weekend, and lunch during the week and every time were told no. My opinion is, if you are going to send people coupons, then you need to honor them.

Again, forgot to take a pictures (I've been getting really bad about that lately!). I guess I need to put Danny in charge of helping me to remember to take pictures. If I go again any time soon (not likely, but you never know), I will take a picture and post it on its own.

MK's Sushi
2901 Fair Dr. Suite 100
Fort Worth, TX 76131

Recipe: Banana Bread

Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup Crisco
4 bananas, mushed
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease 2, 9x5 inch loaf pans.
3. Mix all ingredients together and pour into pans.
4. Bake for about 35 minutes.

This was my grandmother's recipe and I absolutely love it. Danny does too. When I come home from the store with a bunch of bananas, he knows what's coming and gets very excited. I love to make a couple of batches and take some up to work, and Danny and I love to just have it for breakfast with coffee. Or for an afternoon snack, or an after dinner snack, or pretty much any time. LOVE it!

No pictures, sorry. I took a picture of it once, but it really didn't do the recipe justice. You will just have to try me on this one and go make it, NOW! Or after your bananas sit for a few days.

Restaurant Review: Anejo - House of Tequila

I went to this restaurant a couple of weeks ago with my co-workers to celebrate one of them moving to Austin and starting a new adventure in her life. I'm not a big margarita person (except for one specific place), but the happy hour special here is $1.50 margaritas, so that's what we were all drinking. I will say that for that price, it was a great margarita. That's not to say it was wonderful, but really, for that cheap, you can't expect much. I'm pretty much a light weight and at the one place I have to have margaritas, I'm feeling it by the time I'm halfway through with it. I had 2 at this place and never felt anything. Which is good considering I was driving, and I only spent $3 for them, which is the same as a coke or something would be anyway.

They had a really awesome looking patio at this place, and actually the wait to sit out there was longer than the wait for the restaurant. Because of this we sat inside, so I didn't get to experience it, but everyone looked to be having a good time. It's too hot outside now to enjoy it I think, but on the day we went the weather was pretty nice.

On to the food...the salsa was pretty good. Not the best and not the worst I've ever had, but I liked it. One of my friends ordered a bowl of Queso for $6 and it was a very nice sized bowl, and I have to say, probably the best Queso I've ever had! I want to go back to this place simply for the Queso. I'm making myself hungry right now thinking about it.

The rest of the food...not so much. Again, it wasn't bad, but it's wasn't great either. I had the chicken enchiladas and I had some leftover and I had no desire to box it up and bring it home. I think everyone else's opinions on the food were pretty much the same. This place is VERY proud of their food. The quesadillas had 6 little bity pieces, and cost $11.95. Nachos were $11.95, street tacos were $13.95! If I'm going to pay that much money for food it better be absolutely amazing food that I crave and want to eat quite often. Not the case here.

I think if I had a group of friends and the weather was nice I would try this place again just for the patio and the Queso. I would definitely try the food again and get something different, but I would go into it knowing I was probably not going to be impressed with it.

Anejo - House of Tequila
9159 Boulevard 26, Suite 300
North Richland Hills, TX 76180