Dessert – Page 10

Feeling Accomplished

March 3, 2016 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

I’m taking my first official vacation for the year. This weekend is jam packed and I figured I’d take a day or so off to relax before it began.

I realized having Rizzo in my life has made me less lazy in the sense of sleeping. No matter what time I go to bed, I’ll always wake up no later than 7 am because he has to do his business.

There are four pups in the house at the moment and not having to go to work and cuddling with them instead was joyous. Best decision ever. Then I had a lovely shower before getting ready to head out to work on my side stuff with a drink in my hand.

I sat sitting in Cocohodo for a good hour and a half trying to fix my DNS issues all because my laptop decided to do an update last night. After much research on YouTube videos, because no other web pages worked, I found a great one that fixed my issue! Ugh … jerks for having updates that fudge people’s day.

But anyway, we’re all good now and my tummy is full from Cocohodo. I got a lot done which wouldn’t happen if I didn’t leave the house. I would have stayed longer if I didn’t get kicked out of my seat for a big group of ladies where the table I moved to was a dead spot for Wi-Fi.

Back to checking things off my list. I love when things get completed especially when it’s still super early!

Happy Thursday, poops!

Dish Society | Katy, Texas

January 28, 2016 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

Dish Society
23501 Cinco Ranch Blvd
Katy, Texas 77494
(281) 394-7555
http://dishsociety.com

Half Quinoa Stuffed Avocado [avocado half topped with citrus quinoa relish] | $5

Is it worth the $5? No. But was it delicious? Yes. I’m contemplating making this for my lunches next week. It was that good and simple enough. Our house is always filled with quinoa and avocados so it shouldn’t be too hard. I just have to get the sauce just right.

Grilled Chicken Pasta [linguini, texas pecan pesto, tomato, grilled chicken breast, parsley] | $13.50

It didn’t come with a lot for that price but it was good. Not much to say about it. Just regular pesto pasta.

Would I come back to Dish Society? Probably not unless someone makes me. It’s pricey, not much choices to where I’d want to come back and try something else. Plus their service was a little slow. It was fine until they had more people come in so we were waiting a long time for our waiter to take our order, to give us our food, and to get the check.

We had a little dessert at The Sweet Boutique. I’ve been to the one in City Centre enough times but surprisingly never tried this one. Fruity Pebble, Cookies & Creme, Key Lime, Blueberry. I’ve never seen any of these flavours over at City Centre. They probably have it and I missed it but it was nice not having the usual macaroons.

Trudy’s and Amy’s Ice Cream | Austin, Texas

November 13, 2011 by Mellie Dee 4 Comments

During Halloween weekend, we had some adventures.

Me, Jenny, Tammy, Brian, Richard, Susan, Peter, Michelle, Wilson P., Long, and Steven all went to:

Trudy’s
409 West 30th Street
Austin, TX
(512) 477-2935
www.trudys.com

We had to split up with seating so I sat with Peter, Susan, and Michelle.

It comes with free chips and two different salsa dips. We had already eaten halfway until I realized I had to take a picture. Whoops!

Us four ate at least four times this if not more. It was that good!

Beef Fajita Ala Mexicana [tender beef fajita meat marinated in a soy-ginger spice blend and sautéed with onions, cilantro, jalapenos, tomatoes and lime juice. Garnished with a small salad and sliced avocado. Served with Spanish rice, borracho beans and a choice of tortillas] | $12.50

I got a choice of corn tortillas. Omgosh … I about died. The meat was so juicy and succulent. I was very full. I wasn’t even halfway full. (Maybe it was the chips?) But I made sure to finish ALL the meat. Because it would be a waste if I didn’t.

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After we ate, Wilson P., Michelle, Steven, and I were heading back to the apartment and stopped by

Amy’s Ice Creams
1012 West 6th Street
Austin, TX
(512) 480-0673
www.amysicecreams.com

Irish Crème with a waffle cone and sprinkles | ~$5

I’ve never had ice cream with alcohol before so it was a good experience. I couldn’t taste the alcohol but Wilson P. and Michelle thinks it’s filled with it. Hmm …

This was what sparked my ice cream with sprinkles addiction with the last post I made. It was that good. Sadly Amy’s is the best ice cream place I’ve ever been.

Recipe | M&M Blondies

August 12, 2011 by Mellie Dee 2 Comments

Here is the other dessert I made. This one is divine and I know I will make multiple more times in the future. They stole the show and I personally loved it

Is it shocking that I’ve never made or eaten a blondie before? It’s really just a brownie but made with brown sugar to create that blonde color.

This is the other dessert I made. It was divine and I know I will make multiple more times in the future. They stole the show and I personally loved them which is saying a lot coming from a non-sweets lover.

These are my favorite m&ms! But I can only have a few before I get sick of them since I’m not a lover of sweets.

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Aren’t they beautiful? One day I’ll take pretty pictures like this.

M&M Blondies

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups unsalted butter
2 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
4 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp kosher salt
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 bag mini M&Ms (with a few reserved for the top)

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a 9×13 inch pan with cooking spray.
Heat butter in a small saucepan over medium heat until it browns and begins to smell nutty. Make sure not to burn it! Allow the butter to cool lightly.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the browned butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.
Stir in eggs, vanilla, and salt.
Add in flour and stir until just combined.
Add in M&Ms and stir to combine.
Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth the top with a rubber spatula. Sprinkle a few additional M&Ms on top.
Bake for 25-30 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting.

My final product is just as gorgeous.

Seriously, make and bring this to the next party. Adults and kids alike will love them.

Just make sure you have a very good knife to cut through those M&Ms. Plastic knives do not cut it (pun intended). I learned the hard way as I broke a plastic knife in half and one of my co-workers broke another one in thirds.

In Allie’s recipe, she had coconut shreds put in … but I’m not a big fan of coconut and was afraid some people might be allergic so I opted out of it.

Recipe | S’mores Bars

August 12, 2011 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

This is one of the desserts I made on my last day. I loved the other one better than this one so I’m posting the one I simply just like.

[Recipe from Chocolate and Carrots]

S’mores Bars

Ingredients:

16 sheets of graham crackers
25 big marshmallows
4 Tbsp unsalted butter
1 cup mini chocolate chips

Preparation:

Spray cooking spray in an 8 –inch pan.
In a food processor, crush the graham crackers completely.
In a large bowl, combine marshmallows and butter. Microwave in 15-second intervals, stirring in between until completely melted.
Put in the melted mixture in the food processor with the graham crackers and grind until blended.
Knead in the chocolate chips and push into the pan.
Place into the refrigerator until hardened and cut into squares.

The reason I was not a big fan of this recipe is because it was hard to work with. Everyone knows when marshmallows are melted, you have to work fast, else everything will be super sticky and hard. Lesson learned.

Plus on top of that, it was so hard to cut!

Just look at it … it doesn’t look that appetizing to me. And I didn’t have the pretty layers like Caroline did in the previous picture. All in all, it was a fail.

When it came time to eat it, it was very chewy and for some, it felt hard because they didn’t have teeth of a teenager anymore. Whoops. Really need to think of your audience before making something. Lesson learned.

If I ever make this again, I might just use fewer marshmallows so it’s not as hard so it’s more of a cookie texture and less of a bar of chewiness.

But don’t get me wrong. It really was tasty. I’m just a hard critic when it comes to my own foods.