My Sweetie's Birthday

Being that it's kinda hard to cook a whole bunch on a week night, we celebrated Shannon's birthday yesterday. After running a few errands I started making the chocolate torte (la bête noire). It was actually surprisingly easy, with only a few ingredients. This was the first time I've ever cooked anything in a water bath.

After it was done and in the fridge, I started making the lobster alfredo. Going with the white and red theme, I also made white shopeg corn with red peppers and garlic. I also used white pepper in the alfredo, so it didn't have any black flecks in it.

Everything turned out great. The pasta sauce was good (a little bit of nutmeg helped out a bit) and the torte was just divine.

We kinda lounged around and just had a lazy Sunday.

I took a large part of the torte to work and it went over very well there.

For her actually birthday, we walked through the wonderful weather and had dinner at Chef's Kitchen. Mmmm...comfort food.

Happy Birthday, baby. I love you.