Honey did good.
He bought me a cook book that I've been wanting ever since I saw it on his godmother's bookshelf: "The Art of Simple Food" by Alice Waters. To celebrate the commercial holiday, we decided to stay in, dress up and cook 4 or 5 courses. I read in a magazine recently how cooking at home for Valentine's day is an affordable alternative to eating out. Clearly they weren't talking about using this cook book. So fun.
On Saturday, we made a yummy Ratatouille. Super delish; even better the next day.
On V-day, we made 1 appetizer, I side, I main, and a dessert. Davede picked out the following selections with me in mind. I approved all.
Appetizer: We made a tomato and herb recipe w/olive oil, roasted in the oven and served on a slice of toasted baguette. Delishussss.
Side: Creamed spinach with crème fresh and herbs. We ended up miscalculating the amount of spinach we would need, so we ended up making creamed "greens," substituting the missing spinach with other available greens in the fridge (arugula, etc). It was also delish.
Main: we roasted some beef, olive oil and herbs in the oven. Can't go wrong there. Obviously yum and satisfying my iron deficiency ;-)
Dessert: Poached pairs. We used one Bartlett and one Bosc pear. We boiled them in a syrup with a whole vanilla bean, sugar and love. DE-LISH.
Great idea, fun evening. I only have one regret: that I didn't leave my perfect red roses in his step mother's kitchen. I'm only a little bitter about that.
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