Valentines Day 2017!
I know, I know.... valentines day is a fake holiday, we still celebrate it! Its not worth it to be so sour about holidays that bring people together. Plus, this is our first valentines day being married, our 10th all together. Just like the others, it was fabulous!
We started off the morning with breakfast in bed...A little side story, for one of our anniversaries Anthony decided to make me breakfast in bed. I was high on nyquil after being sick for a couple days and really dazed out. I felt horrible but when he woke me up, I didn't know what was going on and I sleepily said "I don't want, come back to sleep". He did not let me live this down. I felt horrible but its something hilarious to look back on now. Lets take a look at the awesome effort ...
There was chicken sausage, turkey bacon and lets give a little drum roll (pretend to hear a little drum roll in your head) NUTELLA!!! I mean, nutella is still healthy, stop judging! Whats breakfast and strawberries with out nutella. Those that know, know. Nutella is life!
We spent a few hours later that day binging on netflix. We got out fix of Bates Motel and decided to head out.
Anthony reserved seats for Sur La Table's cooking classes. We've always walked into the store and seen the classes going on but never had the time to go. It was perfect. They paired us off with another couple and set us up at our cooking stations. It literally was my dream kitchen, hearts and all.
Our chef was Chef Karyn Vega and the theme of the night was 'Italian Romance'. For the menu of the night there was an appetizer, burrata and olive tapenade crostini. The main course, steak tagliata with arugula and fried capers and risotto with pancetta and shrimp. Finally, for dessert, dark chocolate-espresso budino. Our first thing to make was the budino. Budino is Italian for custard or pudding.
There was a lot of stirring but it is definitely fun to make together.
It was then time to start making the Risotto. This was definitely a team effort when it got down to stirring and adding the hot chicken broth.
Let me not forget to add... I have my own salt bae!
While I was working on the risotto, the rest of the team worked on cutting up the ingredients for the tapenade. I have never tasted tapenade before but after that night, I am definitely making this more often!
Also, anything with cheese is my favorite!
Of course, we had to pause being America's best chef's to take a selfie...
Off to grill some steak...
and shrimp...
and dinner is served !
The whole experience was awesome. Really, anything we do together is awesome with such busy work schedules but I do recommend it. We always look for different things to try to make together but are also always hesitant to make things we never heard of. Its nice to try things out of your comfort zone and still have fun. We are planning on taking more classes just for fun and I definitely recommend you try. It doesn't have to be with your significant other, it can be a group of friends or even with your kids. They send you home with a recipe pamphlet so that you can make things on your own. Lets be real, I didn't remember half of the ingredients we threw into the pot so this was great.
We ended the night off with some more netflix and much needed relaxation after that food coma we were sent home with...
-ttyl, Faneeza ;)
