I love an open weekend - one where you have minimal obligations. On Friday, we started our weekend meeting our out-of-town friend O for drinks and dinner.
Since it's been awhile, we took him to our favorite new place that I love mentioning again and again - Lost Forty Brewery.
I'm grateful EH and S are good sports about blog pictures.
EH's enthusiasm for pictures continued on as we headed to The Flying Saucer with O.
Maybe he was just channeling Bailey.
The rest of our weekend was spent relaxing, cleaning the house, and cooking the most delicious at-home date night dinner ever.
Fred/Ed burgers for the main course - a family recipe that has evolved over the years and is seriously delicious.
Starting with sauteed veggies - onions, green bell peppers, mushrooms and garlic.
Is there anything more delicious? EH and I sampled this each time we walked by. Quality control and all that.
Paired with a spinach salad - topped with strawberries, toasted almonds and goat cheese with a poppy seed dressing. So good and perfect for Spring.
I really love making salad dressings from scratch. Don't get me wrong, I love me some ranch in any bottled variation, but there is something fun about whisking together your own ingredients.
And here was our finished product! I wish I could share the secret ingredients to this cheeseburger but I need written and verbal permission from multiple people and they're just no ready to give it up yet.
So much melty goodness. We don't make these burgers too often so it's an extra treat when we do.
Do you have any top secret recipes?
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April 26, 2015
March 29, 2015
Anniversary Dinner
EH and I have our third anniversary coming up - Tuesday to be exact! But we decided to start celebrating this weekend.
On Friday, we stopped at our favorite pre-movie spot and then went and saw Home in 3D. Because that's what a couple with no kids in their late twenties celebrating their anniversary do.
It was really stinking cute.
Saturday we lazed around the house, had lunch at Burge's, and I got a mani/pedi. Not a bad Saturday whatsoever!
Saturday night, we cleaned up and headed to So Restaurant. It was the first time we had tried this restaurant and I think it's safe to say we'll definitely go back. Our waiter was so much fun, the atmosphere was romantic but not stuffy, and the food was delicious.
We started off with the Fried Green Tomato Crabcake and cocktails. Bullet Rye and Coke for EH, and Frank Family Chardonnay for me.
I have a shameless obsession with fried green tomatoes and this did not disappoint.
For entrees, EH picked the Coffee Crusted Filet Mignon.
Which was delicious, despite the lackluster plate setting. The cup was filled with fried polenta, topped with a tomato.
I went with what I usually go with if it's offered, and that was duck.
Perfectly seared on the outside, topped with apricots. So good!
We rounded out dinner with chocolate creme brulee. I'm not much of a dessert person but this was really good.
After dinner we headed to the Pantry and had another round of cocktails before calling it a night. My perfect date night - great food and cocktails with my favorite person.
Happy Sunday! Are you watching the Walking Dead season finale? I'm both excited and terrified.
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