Oh the days of turkey have passed

Let me start of by saying that I ate way way too much. Went to J's grandma's for the family thing. I made my usual walnut strusel pumpkin pie...not so pretty in the foil pie pan, but definitely yum.
Also decided to be brave and attempt my first cheesecake, since we got a new oven and all. What other flavor could we have for turkey day other than pumpkin?? Everyone seemed to like it, who doesn't like cheesecake after all. As far as recipes I need to try from Thanksgiving, definitely the broccoli slaw is a must. It was probably the only veggie dish they had that was not slathered in cream. Needless to say for Christmas, I will be bringing fruit and veggies of some sort.

As a side note, I made some whole wheat blueberry/blackberry muffins last night. These are healthier
muffins than usual, I mean come on what muffins are actually healthy? Run down of substitutions:
whole wheat flour vs all purpose, honey vs sugar, egg whites only vs whole eggs, no sugar added frozen berries vs dried sugar added berries.

What's a foodie to do?

I was just told I need to go on a diet otherwise my diabetes will manifest into a daily pill popping oblivion. Things I've added to my diet: salads, fruits, whole grain bread, milk, yogurt. We had lunch today at Barnaby's, I haven't been there in ages. I had their pesto chicken salad sandwich with artichokes, and in the words of Rachael Ray "yum-o". Couple of things though, somebody was a little heavy handed on the mayo and it was served with chips (not good for my diet). And boy do they need a rug or two in that place, I couldn't hear our waiter or J.
Onward to dinner, my first attempt at hot and sour thai soup (thom yum gung) turned out quite well. Definitely a good use for the overgrown lemongrass in the patio. Who doesn't want a hot steaming bowl of this

Mission

What I'd like to do is create a place where people(foodies) can search those hole in the wall restaurants in Houston...and get some real reviews and maybe menus-from someone who enjoys the adventure in food. Other than that, we'll see where this takes us!
Here's a glimpse of today's dinner...

For those of you who don't know what this lovely plate of food is....it's Cafe Malay's house special Nasi Lemak. My short and sweet description of the dish is anchovies, shrimp paste, hard boiled egg, and chicken curry. This is an explosion of flavors very similar to eating Indian and Thai cuisines all at once.