Houston's Thai Beef Salad

It's getting to be time to think about good summer meals.  The kind you eat out on the patio on a lazy Saturday afternoon when you don't need anything real heavy.  We just discovered this salad recipe, and it is just right for that kind of day.
 
I flat stole the recipe.  I had an urge for a Thai Beef Salad, and I found this one on the internet.  No adaptation, no combining with other recipes, no adjustments (well, I did double the Sriracha sauce, but the recipe allowed for that).  The recipe is great just the way it is.


This salad is the author's interpretation of a recipe from Houston's Restaurant, a chain.  The restaurant's menu describes it as "Thai Steak & Noodle Salad (or with Chicken): Marinated filet or rotisserie chicken with avocado, mango and herbs in Thai dressing" and they get $19 for it.  I have never been to a Houston's, but as I was looking at their web site, I discovered that there is one at Kirby and Westpark in Houston, just a few blocks from my brother's house -- I guess we will have to give it try sometime so I can make my own judgement on Houston's version.

I found a picture of the salad purportedly taken at a Houston's in California - I think mine looks better, but judge for yourself.

Turtle Burger

This is a break from my standard of only providing my favorite recipes -- I haven't even tried it, but it seems so obvious that it would be good that I have included it anyway.

If you wear a t-shirt similar to the one above, then maybe this recipe is for you:

Handmade ground beef patties, topped with sharp cheddar cheese, wrapped in a bacon weave, then the next step, add hotdogs as the heads, legs with slits for toes and tail.   

Next step.  Place on an oven rack, covered loosely with foil and baked for 20-30 minutes at 400 degrees.  A little crispy, not too crunchy...just how a turtle should be, no?