Last weekend we fixed our son Jace The Big Birthday Dinner. I figured it would be better than going out, plus we could enjoy a nice day outside with the dogs, setting up an agility course. We set the bar pretty low when it comes to excitement, but that’s the way we roll.
The menu started off with spinach salad and some homemade foccacia. I thought that would be a nice special effort. Then we had prime rib, lobster (for Jace), cedar plank salmon (for Angela, since she doesn’t like lobster), pilaf, & broccoli. Yeah, phoned in sides with that pilaf and broccoli, because I lost the will to cook. Then I forgot to put the pilaf on the table, so we had to eat that all week. Does everyone feel better about themselves now?
Angela brought three types of macaroons, because she’s an overachiever. They were all awesome of course! I made an apple pie because it’s Jace’s favorite, so he could take the rest home and pack on a couple more pounds. He had it all to himself since Angela doesn’t like apple pie. See what I have to put up with here?
Merl and I had been dieting all week, so believe me, there’s NOTHING we wouldn’t eat. Not that that’s any different from any other day, but right about now we’re much more grateful. It sure was tough to send the rest of that apple pie packing.
Anyway, I was too busy to take pictures, but I’ll post recipes for spinach salad, foccacia, and pineapple/bbq glazed salmon. (Decided fooling with the cedar plank just wasn’t worth the trouble!)