70 Years is a Crazy Long Time to be Married!
We had a 70th wedding anniversary party to attend tonight for Doug's great-aunt and uncle. 70 years is impressive...maybe if I live to 100 I can have a 70th anniversary! The party was beautiful, but unfortunately Noelle was sick, so we were not able to stay for long.
Cheesy Garlic Bread
Giordanos Pizza
Oak Park, IL
The party had much fancier and more delicious food than cheesy garlic bread, but since we had to leave so early due to Noelle being sick, we didn't get to try it. I did have some appetizers there and they were so good! I'm sad we couldn't stay and celebrate at the party, but 'tis the life of a parent I guess.
Since I hadn't planned anything for dinner, I ate the leftover cheesy garlic bread from Noelle's dinner the night before. It was good, but I was still missing that party food.
Grades:
Megan - A- (The garlic bread was fine, just not nearly as good as what I should have been eating. It also probably would have been better fresh and not re-heated.)
Noelle - Noelle ate this the night before when I wasn't home, so I don't know what her grade was. I'm assuming it was an A.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
April 28th
Birthday Dinner
Tonight we went out to celebrate my birthday! I didn't have to cook, I got to eat delicious food, and have spectacular drinks with my husband. And I didn't have to help feed a toddler while I was enjoying it...perfect!
Slagel Farms Burger
Citrine
Oak Park, IL
Citrine is a restaurant that we have been wanting to go to a while now and we finally pulled the trigger. It's definitely a treat since it is an upscale restaurant and is pretty fancy (and expensive).
The atmosphere is beautiful and it really has a "city feel." Our service was good and the food was fantastic. I'd recommend it for a special night out.
I had the Slagel Farms Burger which has Gruyere, Garlic Paprika Aioli, Zucchini Pickles, Lettuce, and Tomato. Yum - I consider myself kind of a burger connoisseur because I order them a lot and love them. This is the best I've had in a while!
Doug had the rack of lamb which also came with Merguez sausage and a parsnip puree. He said it was very good. It looked like a little small of a portion, but maybe that was just compared to my gigantic burger.
Grades:
Megan - A (My burger was perfectly cooked and had really great seasoning. The fires were also delicious. The restaurant called them "Kennebec fries" which I guess is a certain type of potato. They tasted like they had some kind of cinnamon seasoning on them though. It was a unique and delicious flavor.)
Noelle - Noelle was at home enjoying pizza with her Uncle Mike and Aunt Katlyn. Thanks for babysitting guys!!!
Tonight we went out to celebrate my birthday! I didn't have to cook, I got to eat delicious food, and have spectacular drinks with my husband. And I didn't have to help feed a toddler while I was enjoying it...perfect!
Slagel Farms Burger
Citrine
Oak Park, IL
Citrine is a restaurant that we have been wanting to go to a while now and we finally pulled the trigger. It's definitely a treat since it is an upscale restaurant and is pretty fancy (and expensive).
The atmosphere is beautiful and it really has a "city feel." Our service was good and the food was fantastic. I'd recommend it for a special night out.
I had the Slagel Farms Burger which has Gruyere, Garlic Paprika Aioli, Zucchini Pickles, Lettuce, and Tomato. Yum - I consider myself kind of a burger connoisseur because I order them a lot and love them. This is the best I've had in a while!
Doug had the rack of lamb which also came with Merguez sausage and a parsnip puree. He said it was very good. It looked like a little small of a portion, but maybe that was just compared to my gigantic burger.
Grades:
Megan - A (My burger was perfectly cooked and had really great seasoning. The fires were also delicious. The restaurant called them "Kennebec fries" which I guess is a certain type of potato. They tasted like they had some kind of cinnamon seasoning on them though. It was a unique and delicious flavor.)
Noelle - Noelle was at home enjoying pizza with her Uncle Mike and Aunt Katlyn. Thanks for babysitting guys!!!
April 27th
Artichoke Dip Minus Artichokes
Everyone loves a good spinach artichoke dip. This recipe is basically chicken stuffed with spinach artichoke dip...or so they would let you think by the title of it. However it doesn't have any artichokes in it! So, I guess it's just spinach dip stuffed chicken.
Spinach Artichoke Chicken Bombs
recipe from: https://www.buzzfeed.com/christinebyrne/spinach-artichoke-chicken-bombs?utm_term=.qcvZmaggv#.tlN2dOZZK
As I was making this, I realized I accidentally bought chicken tenders instead of chicken breasts. Oops...chicken tenders are way too small to stuff. Instead I just rolled the stuffing up inside of them. I thought it would me a mess, but it worked surprisingly well!
Grades:
Megan - B (I liked the idea of this, but it fell a little short on flavor. I think they could have used more stuffing [which was partially a problem because of the tenders], more salt and pepper, and more flavor in the dip. Actually, it would probably be better to just buy spinach artichoke dip already made and stuff the chicken with that!)
Noelle - B (Noelle wasn't feeling well, so it was hard to tell whether she actually liked this or not. She ate quite a bit of it despite feeling bad, so I think she liked it.)
Everyone loves a good spinach artichoke dip. This recipe is basically chicken stuffed with spinach artichoke dip...or so they would let you think by the title of it. However it doesn't have any artichokes in it! So, I guess it's just spinach dip stuffed chicken.
Spinach Artichoke Chicken Bombs
recipe from: https://www.buzzfeed.com/christinebyrne/spinach-artichoke-chicken-bombs?utm_term=.qcvZmaggv#.tlN2dOZZK
As I was making this, I realized I accidentally bought chicken tenders instead of chicken breasts. Oops...chicken tenders are way too small to stuff. Instead I just rolled the stuffing up inside of them. I thought it would me a mess, but it worked surprisingly well!
Grades:
Megan - B (I liked the idea of this, but it fell a little short on flavor. I think they could have used more stuffing [which was partially a problem because of the tenders], more salt and pepper, and more flavor in the dip. Actually, it would probably be better to just buy spinach artichoke dip already made and stuff the chicken with that!)
Noelle - B (Noelle wasn't feeling well, so it was hard to tell whether she actually liked this or not. She ate quite a bit of it despite feeling bad, so I think she liked it.)
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