Dinner a la me

The other night I made dinner for my hubs.

Don't get too excited, I really didn't have the energy to be that creative. 

Here's what I made:

Brussel Spouts

I typically parboil my brussels first so that they cook all the way through and a little faster. Then, I roasted them in some chopped garlic, oil and sea salt.

I also fried up some bacon and toasted the chopped walnuts in the bacon grease(yes, I know, not exactly healthy, shame on me!)

Then, I tossed them all together, YUMMERS!

I also made boiled potatoes, boring I know. 

For dessert, Ghiradelli brownies! Yes Please!

Beautiful sear on my steak, thanks to the hubs. Usually I grill, but it was displaced, as in not right outside my back door.

 Here's the finished product. Grilled steak, boiled potatoes and roasted brussels with bacon and walnuts- I think that was the most exciting part of the dinner. 

Later this week I'm going to dabble in grilling a rack of lamb. If anyone has any tips....and or recipes....send them my way!

Let's Wok!

I'm SO cheesy! LOL

Hobby of the day: Cooking

Tonight I made steak stir fry with pea pods, red pepper, mushrooms, noodles and of course steak. We also had an appetizer! I know right?! Don't get too excited, they were frozen. I mean come on people, I'm only cooking for two!

I used garlic wok oil to cook my meat.  Actually just briefly heating up the meat, then added my washed pea pods, red peppers and mushrooms and some red pepper chili paste.  

Meanwhile my chicken and veggie spring rolls a la PF Changs were cooking in the oven 10 minutes, turn 10 minutes.

With 8 minutes left I started the water boiling. Sometimes I start the water too late, but tonight I was point on.  

I added the cooked ramen (couldn't find udon) to the stir fry.  Mixed it up, added some sriracha- y'all know I like my spice- and some lite soy sauce.

And of course, we ate with chopsticks, hello! What's an Asian meal without chopsticks?!

Tattoo

Hobby of the Day: Being a Supportive Wife

The hubs getting his coloring done

So Gary's been waiting a few months to get the rest of his "ink" done.  He's been fairly patient.  This isn't his first tat.  He got one a few years ago in New Orleans with a friend.  He was originally going to get something small. HA! Ended up spending 4 hours getting a geisha on his ribs.  Apparently that's not a very fun place to get a tat done.  

He also has two Japanese cranes on his back perched on a cherry blossom tree.  Japanese cranes mate for life- enter in symbolism, plus the whole Asian theme.  

Apparently tattoos are addicting....and expensive! 

The Symbolism of the Tattoo:

We've traveled a little, not as much as we'd love to, but it's expensive! Each picture represents somewhere we've been

• The bird is a quetzal, a bird found in the Costa Rican rain forests.  
• The apple to represent NYC- a tradition every Christmas for the last 10 years
• Mountains- the Pitons in St. Lucia, where we had our honeymoon
• Fleur de lis- our trips to New Orleans
• The fan like shapes around the outside- reeds to represent rafting down the Nile
• The mask being held by the bird- a Venetian mask to represent out trip to Italy
• The "Mickey Moon"- our trip to the happiest place on Earth- Disney World
• The horns at the bottom- Spain

His tat began at 5, I didn't join until 6....and ended up staying until 9, yes it took 4 hours to do, but the colors are AMAZING!  Thanks to Cyn at Cirque du Rouge

We were both STARVING after and headed down to Granville Moore's .   It's a Belgian Restaurant and for beer lovers and mussel lovers, a MUST place to eat!  We ordered the Steak n' Cheese....mmm....nom nom nom... Just thinking about it makes me salivate. You get frites with it, drooling.... and a dipping sauce of your choice: Garlic Ranch • Truffle Mayo • Curry Mayo • Horseradish Cream • Chipotle Mayo • Ketchup • Dijonnaise • Bacon Blue Cheese. 

My personal favorite: Garlic Ranch, it's also amazing on the frites

Garlic Ranch and Chipotle Mayo

Do you have any tattoos? What of?