Dave had made reservations at restaurant Nora for Valentine's Day, but he was unsure of them, since the earliest they had available was for 9:30 pm. A week earlier while shopping around with Josie, we spotted a beautiful heart-shaped chocolate torte at Marvelous Market and she convinced me that would be the most romantic accompaniment to a home-cooked meal. I have long been wanting to try the lobster macaroni and cheese recipe I found in Bon Appetite magazine a year ago. So Dave canceled the reservations and I made dinner. On the menu was lobster macaroni and cheese, and crab fritters with lemon aoli and herb salad. What I didn't calculate into my Valentine's Day was homework. So by the time I was ready to leave school, it was 6:30. After a dash to Safeway and an affair with the kitchen, I realized I forgot the pick up the heart-shaped torte. Oh well. The seafood dishes turned out to be amazing. Which was a relief, considering I spent $24 on two lobster tails, $6 on shrimp, and $15 on crab meat, in addition to all the other ingredients needed. At least it was cheaper than what would have cost Dave at restaurant Nora. Let me know if you want the recipes, I'll send them to you.
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Valentine's Day Dinner
Dave had made reservations at restaurant Nora for Valentine's Day, but he was unsure of them, since the earliest they had available was for 9:30 pm. A week earlier while shopping around with Josie, we spotted a beautiful heart-shaped chocolate torte at Marvelous Market and she convinced me that would be the most romantic accompaniment to a home-cooked meal. I have long been wanting to try the lobster macaroni and cheese recipe I found in Bon Appetite magazine a year ago. So Dave canceled the reservations and I made dinner. On the menu was lobster macaroni and cheese, and crab fritters with lemon aoli and herb salad. What I didn't calculate into my Valentine's Day was homework. So by the time I was ready to leave school, it was 6:30. After a dash to Safeway and an affair with the kitchen, I realized I forgot the pick up the heart-shaped torte. Oh well. The seafood dishes turned out to be amazing. Which was a relief, considering I spent $24 on two lobster tails, $6 on shrimp, and $15 on crab meat, in addition to all the other ingredients needed. At least it was cheaper than what would have cost Dave at restaurant Nora. Let me know if you want the recipes, I'll send them to you.
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Recipe for the lobster macaroni.
And for the crab fritters.
Sooo good, I highly recommend trying them. But the ingredients do cost alot. Just so you know, I bought frozen lobster tails from safeway, and they worked fine. No need to use a whole lobster.
No. I also noticed that mine turned out yellow-orange, while the one in the magazine was white. Weird. It's not the cheese that made it orange, it was the tomatoe paste, which the recipe called for, and I don't know how they managed to get anything with tomato paste in it so white.
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