I am not a huge Valentine's Day celebrator. However, I had the day off work (to attempt to balance my many work hours from the week before) and put it to good use as an opportunity to surprise Jac with a nice dinner. The meal turned out so well I even impressed myself!
Here is what I cooked and links to recipes:
Appetizer
Crab cakes with lemon aioli
Main Dish
Rosemary-crusted rack of lamb with balsamic reduction
Sides
Sour cream and onion smashed potatoes (Thanks to my friend Erin for sharing the recipe.)
Sauteed asparagus
Dessert
Dark chocolate covered strawberries: I cut up two bars of good dark chocolate, put them in a microwave safe bowl and heated it up at 50% power until the chocolate was just melted, stirring often. I washed and dried the strawberries, dipped them into the chocolate, lined them up on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper, and refrigerated the berries until the chocolate hardened. Yum.
Sounds DELISH! I am a huge fan of crab cakes...I may just have to try that recipe this weekend. Funny story: I went to a fancy work party and the guy who offered us appetizers kept asking me if I wanted some "frappe." I thought it was weird, but I kept accepting, and eating. Little did I know, he was asking me if I wanted a crab cake. And they were so yum. I swear, I had like 20 that night.
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