so, i cook for my boyfriend pretty much every chance i get. and let me tell you, it gets kind of difficult coming up with new and exciting ideas. my guy is a foodie much like myself, we love to try new places and split as many small plates as we can, its kind of our thing -- so when it comes to cooking for him i feel like it needs to blow his mind everytime, and then again after dinner .. cue bad joke drums..
as he and i approached our 6 month anniversary, i racked my brain for the perfect menu to really show him how much i care about him and here is what i came up with: fried shrimp with chili garlic sauce, thai peanut noodle salad, and chocolate peanut butter cake for dessert. if that doesnt say "i think your pretty cool" then i dont know what does!
so the way i cook is kind of like organized disaster. i google as many recipes as i possibly can and then take the best parts of each recipe and sort of then do my own thing. luckily for me.. and for anyone who eats my food it always comes out well. i show up at the grocery store, like a wild amazonian princess and start grabbing everything i need: shrimp, garlic, siracha, coconut milk, peanut butter, limes. and then i forgot the cocoa powder so i go back and grab that along with chocolate bars, some red bell peppers, red onion, shredded carrots, SHIT i forgot the corn starch so i race through the aisles looking for corn starch, finally when i think i have grabbed everything i make my way to check out and treat myself to a well deserved, ice cold diet coke. murphey's law teaches that i in fact DO NOT have everything so i run back to the store to get the few things i forgot.
i had made my chocolate cake the night before our anniversary dinner. i used an amazing Paula Deen recipe for chocolate cake. it came out light and moist and was just the right amount of buttery. yeah get over it i said buttery..for the filling i combined 1 cup of peanut butter, 8 ounces of cream cheese, a splash of vanilla, and added powdered sugar in until it became thick and creamy. for the frosting i made a chocolate ganache by melting bittersweet ghiaradelli bars in warm half and half, when the mixture became cool i mixed in room temperature butter until the ganache thickened, and almost turned into a mousse texture. i wish i could have recorded my boyfriends reaction to the dessert, i think his exact phrasing was "mmmm SHUT THE FUCK UP" at this point he had not said those three little words, but STFU was almost sweeter. he was more turned on by the dessert than the sexy lingerie i had worn.. my cooking skills are a blessing and a curse, a real catch 22.
stay tuned, this three course meal is a three course blog, until next time eat laugh love and enjoy!
so the way i cook is kind of like organized disaster. i google as many recipes as i possibly can and then take the best parts of each recipe and sort of then do my own thing. luckily for me.. and for anyone who eats my food it always comes out well. i show up at the grocery store, like a wild amazonian princess and start grabbing everything i need: shrimp, garlic, siracha, coconut milk, peanut butter, limes. and then i forgot the cocoa powder so i go back and grab that along with chocolate bars, some red bell peppers, red onion, shredded carrots, SHIT i forgot the corn starch so i race through the aisles looking for corn starch, finally when i think i have grabbed everything i make my way to check out and treat myself to a well deserved, ice cold diet coke. murphey's law teaches that i in fact DO NOT have everything so i run back to the store to get the few things i forgot.
stay tuned, this three course meal is a three course blog, until next time eat laugh love and enjoy!
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