Sunday, February 15, 2009
Weekend Happenings
If Brian's worst blogging fears are correct, this post would be about flowers, things that are pink, and feminine napkins. I'll try to keep the girliness to a minimum and write about something both genders can enjoy - the food of the weekend.
Though we're not big celebrants of Valentine's Day, we did use it as an excuse to make a nice meal. Nothing experimental or adventurous, just good food. On the menu: the filet mignon from our lot o' beef this year, served with sautéed mushrooms, mashed blue potatoes, green beans, and homemade bread. With our new camera, we played around with some settings for photographing food.
The meal came out perfectly. For dessert, I tried a new recipe for a chocolate torte filled with chocolate butter cream and topped with chocolate ganache and strawberries. It was pretty good, but I think I’ll try around with some other recipes. Still, who would turn down even a mediocre chocolate torte?
Also on the tab for the weekend was a visit from fellow Middlevillian Phil and his lady Stephanie, who now live just a few hours from here. We showed them some of our favorite Fort Collins haunts (i.e. microbreweries).
Happy Presidents Day! Didn't we use to get that day off?
Though we're not big celebrants of Valentine's Day, we did use it as an excuse to make a nice meal. Nothing experimental or adventurous, just good food. On the menu: the filet mignon from our lot o' beef this year, served with sautéed mushrooms, mashed blue potatoes, green beans, and homemade bread. With our new camera, we played around with some settings for photographing food.
The meal came out perfectly. For dessert, I tried a new recipe for a chocolate torte filled with chocolate butter cream and topped with chocolate ganache and strawberries. It was pretty good, but I think I’ll try around with some other recipes. Still, who would turn down even a mediocre chocolate torte?
Also on the tab for the weekend was a visit from fellow Middlevillian Phil and his lady Stephanie, who now live just a few hours from here. We showed them some of our favorite Fort Collins haunts (i.e. microbreweries).
Happy Presidents Day! Didn't we use to get that day off?
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3 comments:
Hey, that new camera does take good pictures!
Doug...great looking food...by the way I started a new job this week down in Kalamzooo...after 3 days of looking out my window at this gray building I asked the guy in the next cubicle what was made in that building across the street...It's Bell's Brewerey!
uncle K
Hope you had a most happy birthday, well preped by the food for Valentines. The picture of that bottle of wine with the steak is just too, too, too . . . AHHH!
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