Matt and I just experienced our first perfect Valentine's Day together. That's right! It only took 7 years for us to get through a Valentine's Day without an argument, me in tears, Matt frustrated, or any combination of the sort. The ironic part? There were no flowers when I got home from work, no dinner at some posh, expensive restaurant, and no chocolates.
We decided to stay home and make dinner together. It was perfection in simplicity. There was no stress of which restaurant to go to, how expensive it would all be, how to get reservations in time...
It was a fun challenge, as neither of us planned anything until yesterday morning--it then became a task to remember what I had in the freezer, fridge, and cupboards and try to create some sort of romantic dinner out of it all!
I owe a huge "Thank You" to Trader Joe's. Since I had read rave reviews about their frozen, frenched, herb-crusted, rack of lamb, I picked one up on our last shopping trip, "just in case". A phone call to Matt asking him to take it out of the freezer in hopes that it would thaw before dinner time, and our main course was taken care of. The beauty of the lamb is that as it thawed, it marinated in the herbs. It was so tender and full of flavor, and no work at all.
Matt had the house glowing in candlelight when I got home from work. While the lamb roasted, we sipped wine and prepared dinner together--in a record 40 minutes--laughing and tasting, adding ingredients we thought might work, and having too much fun in our tiny kitchen. We then sat down with our new Riedel O Series wine glasses, sipped a wonderful Argetine red table wine, and enjoyed the best meal I have ever eaten.
Here is the menu from our delectable Valentine's Dinner:
Green beans sauteed with butter and garlic
Roast herb-crusted rack of lamb
Couscous with mint, lime and pistachios
Argetine Red Table Wine
Chocolate Molten Cakes
served with Vanilla Bean ice cream
Wilson Creek Almond Champagne
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