Monday, May 11, 2009

And I helped!


Sean and I are in Alexandria today (and yesterday) and while I can't say I've done a lot of cooking, I have helped. For Mother's Day, we made Tuscan pork chops with light breading. That was my job and it combined two of my least favorite things: raw meat and raw egg. EEEEEK.


The final result: Tuscan lamb chops, asparagus with roasted red peppers and mashed potatoes. Anyone who knows me well knows that this isn't my plate; I hate mashed potatoes (go ahead, mock me openly via comment. I know it's sacrilegious).


Katie (my future sister-in-law) made delicious caprese salad. Forgive my amazing cell phone photo quality.


Today we went to Silver Spring, Md. to visit Katie at work and have lunch at a delicious cafe called Adego. Afterward, we went to Honfleur Home, a Marimekko outpost. It was heavenly; I think this entire stack of fabric would make amazing tablecloths or napkins at a wedding.


We finished out our visit with cupcakes from Cake Love. I had "The 44th," a caramel and vanilla cupcake, and Sean had a vanilla cupcake with strawberry frosting. Delicious!

I hope you all had fabulous Mother's Days. When I get the go-ahead that my relatives received their cards, I will post pictures here.

3 comments:

Kate said...

Adega, not Adego... but it was yummy, wasn't it :)

Sara said...

I can't figure out why i've never been to that store with the fabric. The website looks amazing. Perhaps i will go next time I am home.

Amanda said...

Cupcakes!

(and... I'm so sorry you don't like mashed potatoes. You are missing out, yes, but I'm sure you get more harrassment than say... someone who dislikes sweet potatoes.)