Yesterday my mom and I both spent the entire day in the kitchen. Now, I don't know how to cook necessarily but I can follow recipes and I am getting better at eye-balling it and such. But I was not prepared for what we did yesterday. I started peeling the stems off of basil and spinach at 11am for the homemade pasta we decided to make. From then on it was cooking all day. It was a very cool experience overall. It was also exhausting. Having a genuinely home cooked meal is a pretty special deal and takes a lot of time and effort.
Homemade spinach, basil fettuccine in alfredo sauce (recipe here) we also added in chicken, carrots, and mushrooms after this picture was taken.
My beautiful little pastas, so much blood sweat and tears. But next time it'll be much easier now that I am more seasoned at it (seasoned hehe).
And to finish off a perfect dinner, my mom made a delicious mint chip ice cream brownie cake with Andes mints and fudge.
All in all it was an absolutely delicious dinner and dessert and even more so a beautiful evening spent with family and friends. I was so happy to make my dad that delicious dinner. He is a year older, but he still has a long way to go.
When I was finishing up high school he had just gotten a job in San Diego. He lives there during the week and comes home every weekend, I never knew how important he was until he was barely there, doing what he has to do for our family. Just his presence in the house makes everything so much better. Now that I pretty much live in Washington, maybe when he retires he will move up! I can dream.
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Happy Birthday Dad!
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