Valentine's Weekend

Happy Belated Valentine's Day!

My boyfriend and I stayed in for dinner on the 14th. We had oysters & prosecco, ribeye and pasta, and a white chocolate mousse with raspberry and peach sauces (dessert not pictured).

He both shucked the oysters and made the mignonette, both for the first time. Then we made a marinade for the meat together and he made a creamy sauce for the pasta, though I think the pictures don't show the sauce that well.

Sunday morning, we made blueberry and chocolate pancakes while listening to Maroon 5 and Jack Johnson :)

Here's me eating leftovers of the pasta we made

So yummy!

Scallion pancake croissants

It's almost time for Chinese New Year / Lunar New Year!

In honor of that, my boyfriend has made scallion pancake croissants, a French twist on a Chinese classic

He should post his recipe here soon, but until then, you can check out this post on scallion pancake waffles

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Edit: He has posted about the making of these scallion croissants here

Magnolia Bakery Ice Box Cake

Happy belated Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

This past weekend also marked my boyfriend's birthday, so it was actually I who fed him this time. A good friend suggested the Magnolia Bakery Ice Box Cake to me and, using the recipe found here, I made it! Lucky for me, the cake was pretty simple to make, though mine looked quite different from the picture in the link.

No restraint. I forgot to take a picture before we all dug in.

Delicious! No leftovers

Apple Pie Mondays!

Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season!

Apple pie courtesy of my boyfriend (I helped arrange the spirals on top though):

 

 Before we put it in the oven

  A rose for love

Sad that it flattened out so much after baking

Still super delicious!

Thanksgiving Noms

This is a late post, but for Thanksgiving, my boyfriend fed me the following:

Sweet Potato Souffle

Peking Duck

Savory Bread Pudding

 Pomegranate Molasses Lamb Roast

Pumpkin Tiramisu

The whole spread

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!