Sweetfest

It could have been any other day of the year, and normally Ed and I don't make a big deal about Valentine's Day, but this year I had such a wonderful time baking and cooking to celebrate the day a bit.

The Raspberry-Almond Financiers from Martha Stewart in the picture on the left were fairly easy to make, looked lovely, and were extremely delicious. And if I had read the entire recipe thoroughly, I woudn't have made them in paper baking cups, but directly in the muffin tin. Which would have saved us a lot of hassle peeling the little lovelies out of the paper to which they stuck to, badly. Well, I guess that's something to remember the next time I make them.

I made Crepes for breakfast, filled with Gruyere & ham, goat cheese & honey & pine nuts, and Nutella. For dinner I made a yummy salad, a filet mignon, and baked goat cheese with baguette. There was crepe batter left over from breakfast, so I made Crepes Suzette for dessert, using a lot of butter and Grand Marnier. We ate them watching the movie "Paris, je t'aime", and felt like God in France, on Valentine's Day.

More pictures of this Sweetfest here...