Valentine's Day dinner 2018

[buckytom]

I tried several times to talk my wife into going out for dinner tonight, but she was adamant about staying home. Her reasons were that our boy has 2 important tests tomorrow, and she wasn't feeling great still, and she wanted to look over some paperwork, and pay bills, and so on. I gave up.

So dinnertime came, and she surprised us with steamed lobster tails, clarified butter, lemon wedges, steamed corn, and baked Hawaiian style rolls. Yum!

Everything was delicious! She definitely knows the way to my heart.

What are you eating on this Wednesday, Feb. 14th?

 

[jabbur]

We're staying in too. I'll be making Ruben sandwiches with spetzle and German potato salad. I found some "noodles" labeled spetzle so I'm trying that instead of making them from scratch (which I have done before). I need to get dinner started soon!

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

DH has been trying all day to convince me that we should go out to dinner for Valentine's Day (Ash Wednesday), until I said that I was making grilled Bacon and Cheese Burgers with French Fries and Rum Cake for dessert with whipped cream and fresh Strawberries





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NOW!
If this rain would let up... otherwise DH had gallantly offered to hold the umbrella for me as I grill our burgers

 

[GotGarlic]

We're going to order pizza after DH finishes his exercise routine. I don't feel up to cooking tonight. I'll make something special this weekend, or maybe we'll go out.

 

[Just Cooking]

The kids refused my offer of taking care of the cats as they went out to dinner...
Sooo... Daughter is making Pressure Pot chicken and mushrooms with sides of steamed asparagus and a green salad..

I usually make that but she wanted to play with the PP herself, so I'm relaxing with a cup of decafe..

Ross

 

[bethzaring]

We stayed in too and are going to a Valentine's Day dance later. I fixed Spanish rice and tortillas!

 

[caseydog]

I had a business lunch today at an Italian place called Alfredo's that has been around for ages. I had one of their fantastic, and HUGE Calzones. I ate about two-thirds of it. If I get hungry later tonight, I'll eat the rest.

CD

 

[Rocklobster]

As usual, we are too busy for a night out during the week..we'll take a rain check on that..but, I did do some of gf's favorites..baked shrimp and some caccio e pepe with home made pasta..we also had a big mixed greens salad to cut through some of the cheesy goodness

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

As usual, we are too busy for a night out during the week..we'll take a rain check on that..but, I did do some of gf's favorites..baked shrimp and some caccio e pepe with home made pasta..we also had a big mixed greens salad to cut through some of the cheesy goodness

Rock, how do you cut your pasta?
That looks like its really thick spaghetti ...

 

[Whiskadoodle]

Dx made a terrific tasting Chicken Enchiladas Roja and a Gazpacho Salad, that's what she called it. All the ingredients, chopped and diced and plated, not buzzed in a blender. Our favorite goes-with-anything red wine vinegar- lemon vinaigrette.

I was supposed to supply dessert. I've been thinking about this all week, what to make, that is. Peach crostata, served warm with ice cream. Was going to make a Pillsbury ready made pie crust, so no messing up her kitchen with that and it could bake while we ate dinner. Get to the store and No frozen peaches in their freezer. Looked at the fresh strawberries, they looked a little tired. Back to the freezer section for a bag of IQF frozen whole berries and a carton of frozen berries, the kind with lots of juice. Grabbed a carton of whipping cream and an angel food cake off the shelf. It worked out ok.

 

[Kayelle]

We exchanged mushy Vday cards this morning. My back has been giving me fits, so no dinner out, but I did put together a passable dinner thanks to leftovers. Actually, it was better than passable.

 

[Andy M.]

I cooked a special dinner for the two lovely ladies I live with, SO and GD.

I cooked a small prime rib roast for SO and me and a breaded chicken cutlet served Weiner Schnitzel style with lemon. Sides of mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli accompanied the meats.

For dessert I made a bittersweet chocolate pudding. Don't know why the photo is sideways.

 

[LPBeier]

Andy, love the strawberry heart!

TB took me for fish and chips for lunch. That was our Valentines meal. We aren't really ones to celebrate it but it is a good excuse for a meal out! I had a root canal yesterday so my mouth is still tender. The fish was the perfect combination of crispy and soft and very easy to eat. I think we have found another favorite place in our new neighborhood!

For actual dinner, TB had roasted chicken and I just had mushroom soup (homemade).

 

[caseydog]

I cooked a special dinner for the two lovely ladies I live with, SO and GD.

I cooked a small prime rib roast for SO and me and a breaded chicken cutlet served Weiner Schnitzel style with lemon. Sides of mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli accompanied the meats.

For dessert I made a bittersweet chocolate pudding. Don't know why the photo is sideways.

I believe the photo is sideways because the image height is too big. The limit on this forum is 800 pixels wide, but only 600 pixels tall. Your photo, as you uploaded it, was 600 X 800, so the forum software apparently made an executive decision to rotate it, so it would be 800 X 600. A mod or Admin can probably verify this, if I'm right.

CD

 

[caseydog]

Andy, love the strawberry heart!

TB took me for fish and chips for lunch. That was our Valentines meal. We aren't really ones to celebrate it but it is a good excuse for a meal out! I had a root canal yesterday so my mouth is still tender. The fish was the perfect combination of crispy and soft and very easy to eat. I think we have found another favorite place in our new neighborhood!

For actual dinner, TB had roasted chicken and I just had mushroom soup (homemade).

When I was married, Valentines Day dinner was expected to include diamonds, sapphires, or both. And flowers.

Soooo, I don't have warm and fuzzy feelings about Valentines Day.

CD

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

When I was married, Valentines Day dinner was expected to include diamonds, sapphires, or both. And flowers.

Soooo, I don't have warm and fuzzy feelings about Valentines Day.

CD

When DH and I first got together, he gave me jewelry for EVERY occasion (he said he didn't know any better, he had been told that's what you do).
Finally, I told him, I don't need stuff, let's go out to eat and have fun, go dancing, let's take a trip, let's do something (we worked WAY TOO MUCH back in the day).
We give each other funny, silly, goofy, make you laugh sorts of gifts now. I make him stuff, a card, brownies, a nice meal (ah but we do that lot )
He runs at the last minute to the gas station to buy me a card He forgot today
We have every thing that we need, I just want more time with him, that's all.

 

[Cheryl J]

I cooked a special dinner for the two lovely ladies I live with, SO and GD.

I cooked a small prime rib roast for SO and me and a breaded chicken cutlet served Weiner Schnitzel style with lemon. Sides of mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli accompanied the meats.

For dessert I made a bittersweet chocolate pudding. Don't know why the photo is sideways.

Here ya go, Andy. Looks and sounds delish!

 

[Cheryl J]

Oooh, Bucky...sounds like the Ms had a great plan rather than going out...the menu sure does sound good!

Nice to see most of you had Valentines Day dinner at home with your loves. Valentines Day is the WORST day to go out to dinner....just my opinion.....crowded restaurants, long waits, overly prepared food in anticipation of crowds, or running out of the faves....ugh.

I had leftover bean and ham soup.

 

[Kayelle]

Oooh, Bucky...sounds like the Ms had a great plan rather than going out...the menu sure does sound good!

Nice to see most of you had Valentines Day dinner at home with your loves. Valentines Day is the WORST day to go out to dinner....just my opinion.....crowded restaurants, long waits, overly prepared food in anticipation of crowds, or running out of the faves....ick.

I had leftover bean and ham soup.

You're so right there Cheryl! The runner up worst day to go out to eat is Mother's Day. The food and service always sucks and both the staff and customers are grumpy and frazzled. Not my idea of a good time at all.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

We did Mother's Day out once, Kayelle. Worst. Dinner. Ever. We now avoid all of those Hallmark Holidays for dinner out.

...For dessert I made a bittersweet chocolate pudding. Don't know why the photo is sideways.

cd gave you the technical info, Cheryl came by and worked her magic (she's straightened up some of my photos too), and now I'll give you my idea and suggestion. I've found that DC doesn't like photos taken in the "portrait" format, probably for the reasons cd mentioned. My solution? I take all of my food photos for DC in the "landscape" format unless I really need a vertical image. Then I post and wait for dear Cheryl to come along and straighten me up...literally!