Valentines Day Pt II

Valentines Day Part II.... It's been awhile and the most I can say is once we had electricity we enjoyed a wonderful dinner. The time with-out power gave us time to talk with absolutely no distractions! It was a fantastic evening.

Smooth and Creamy Cheese Cake

There is nothing better than to have a hot and spicy dinner with friends and end up with with a cool, creamy cheese cake topped with mixed berries next to a huge chocolate dipped berry.

The recipe I like to use has sour cream along with the cream cheese which gives this cake it's smooth texture.

Valentine's Dinner Part I

Just as I went to hit the up-load button the power went off! The whole house is electric...it is 10:08 not 8:00 so Part II shall come tomorrow. Hope your day was FANTASTICO!

Toscana Prawns & Pasta

Hot, hot, hot pan. The hotter the better, to the point where the smoke alarms are going off.

Coat the bottom of the pan with olive oil, throw in a scoop of roasted garlic and minced shallots. Sizzle until evenly coated on the bottom of the pan. Throw in the 1 lb. cleaned prawns with tails removed, lemon juice, balsamic vinegar (or wine) salt and pepper, cook until slightly crispy.

Toss in about a 1/2 cup marinara cook until sauce is evenly coated on the prawns. Take 1/4 cup frozen peas and toss.

Serve on cooked seasoned pasta. Top off with fresh parm and a bit of chopped Italian parsley.