Cactus Stir Fry and White Whiskey Margaritas

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about fresh Summer dishes? That’s right, Thai-Mexican fusion and white whiskey margaritas. Before you dismiss these soon-to-be summer classics, you should remind yourself that the blog you're reading once made carrot pie for a post. 

Sure we could have made separate posts for both the cocktail and the meal, but they played so nicely with each other we couldn't keep them apart. The stir fry and noodles are heavy enough to be filling, but still light enough for a summer dinner that doesn't strike an evening stroll around the neighborhood from the agenda. Meanwhile the margarita is so refreshing it could be drank like water, but as a medical novice I would advise you not to drink it like water, unless you want to reach a Snookie level of drunk.

Peach Glazed Salmon

I asked for suggestions for dinner and the response I got was, "salmon with...peaches!" After mulling it over for a while I decided to make an Asian inspired Peach Glazed Salon dish. For making it up as I went along, I say it turned out pretty damn good. I paired the salmon with some brown rice and stir fried vegetables. 

I would suggest starting the rice first.

Lemon Lime Poppy Seed Muffins

I'll admit it, I basically took this recipe for lemon poppy seed muffins and changed a bunch of things about it. The first and obvious change was that I added lime to these muffins. There was only half of a lemon sitting in the fridge, so it was a good thing that there was a whole lime just waiting to be zested, cut open, and juiced.

The second change to the recipe was that I used plain yogurt instead of sour cream, which really brought out the tanginess of the lemon and lime. 

The last tweak I made to the recipe was that I used 1.5 tablespoons of poppy seeds instead of the 2 that the orignal recipe called for. You can add the full 2 tablespoons for poppy seeds if you want I can't stop you they're your muffins. I just didn't want to spend all day picking poppy seeds out of my teeth. 

Here is the copied recipe with a few my changes.