Tonight my mom asked me to make dinner (she's brave!). The challenge was to find a dish that contained shitake mushrooms, broccoli, and chicken. Since my dad made a fantastic stir fry over the weekend, I didn't want to do another one, so I decided to make a rice and chicken casserole instead. First I found a recipe that looked good from Taste of Home. It called for water chestnuts (which we didn't have on hand) so I steamed the broccoli and added some sauteed shitake mushroom wedges (with onions and garlic...oh, and some red pepper flakes). Also, I decided to use long grain brown rice since it would add a nice nutty consistency and complement the texture of the shitake mushrooms. just put it in the oven and it smells amazing already. hmmm, comfort food.
Tomorrow Aaron and I are celebrating Valentine's Day (finally!) by making Beef Fillets with Portobello mushrooms and a red wine sauce (also from tasteofhome.com). I'm planning to stick to the recipe this time because beef is certainly not my strong suite. Aaron and his dad really like beef so i figured it would be a good opportunity to learn a simple and delicious beef dish. The meal will include freshly baked french bread (from the Meijer bakery) and a side salad. Aaron is going to take care of dessert. Not sure what it's going to be, but if it involves raspberries it's gotta be good in my book. After dinner we will probably watch a pixar movie of some sort.
1st Cor. 13:7 "Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends."
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