Saturday, February 14, 2009

Sharing the Love

Happy Valentines Day!

Jonathan and I had such a busy day today that we celebrated Valentines together last night. Usually, Jon pulls out all the stops and makes me a gourmet meal on Valentine's night. He picks a menu and pulls recipes and spends HOURS cooking for me. 

The food is always great but by the time it is ready it is usually very late at night and every pot or pan has been used and is in the sink. This year I told him I wanted to cook together. I think it was a great improvement. He still picked the menu and recipes but we both worked together to make the dinner. Our little girls also pitched in when they could. It was fun. Plus we were able to clean as we went so that by the time we sat to each we had a relatively clean kitchen.

I even set the table with our china, which is not something I have done in a very long time. I need to do that more often. Here I am at the table ready to dig in.
The menu for the night was Duck Breast in a Pink Peppercorn Demi Glaze Sauce and Fresh Corn Pudding.
For dessert, I went up and put girls to bed while Jonathan got really gourmet on me and made lovely profiteroles with a richly decadent chocolate sauce. We filled them with mint chip ice cream and a vanilla ice cream sandwich ice cream. They were wonderful. He may not do it often, but when he wants to, my man can cook. Love you Jonathan!

10 comments:

Susy said...

Yummy! Happy Valentines day to you...We will celebrating next week we have tickets to a show on the strip!

Stephanie said...

YUM-O

Donna said...

That dessert looks absolutely delicious. I need to know where you got your table. I love it.

Catherine Noorda said...

yummy. i hope that mint chip ice cream was fresh packed from baskin robbins. i especially appreciate the second pic of you. glad you had a fun friday night and that jon cooks delicious gourmet food for you.

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful way to be together on Valentines...

(and beautiful kitchen!)

Janelle said...

What a talented husband you have, those desserts look divine! I just wanted to say thank you for posting my comment! I asked Robert and found out that Don Ashworth is his uncle. It really is a small and interconnected world we live in. Again, thank you!

Anonymous said...

That sounds lovely. We don't really celebrate Valentines Day. My husband went out to watch a soccer match with his mates, and I had quiet time at home!

Love

Jane

Unknown said...

Delish...looks like so much fun.

Davis' said...

What yummy looking food. I would love to try the dessert. Hope your V-day was good.

Randi A. said...

sounds so yummy! especially the glaze. MMMM!