Ok, so, morons aside, this Monday I also have to write about my weekend with my hubby.
Normally, Zach and I like to try to get away a few weekends of the year. It's a chance for us to get away from everything and just be us. This is a little harder with Maxine in the picture, so the only getaway we've really had in the past year was our honeymoon.
So, rather than a trip to Door County or a weekend camping trip, we decided to have a date weekend in our own area. Not only did this mean we didn't have to find arrangements for the puppers, but it also saved us some money since we weren't paying for a campsite or hotel room. Huzzah!
The only "rule" was that we weren't allowed to go on the computer during the weekend. A few exceptions presented themselves (I needed to re-order my meds and we had to check on a pints-to-cups conversion), but otherwise, we stayed offline and made each other our focus.
Saturday was pretty low key. Maxi and I went to wake Zach up around 10:30 and ended up napping with him until about 11:30. After getting some dishes done and looking up recipes, we headed to Milwaukee Public Market for lunch. We got some great burritos (with chips and guac - yum!) and did some window shopping around the market. We did end up buying a bag of Herbs de Provence for a recipe we intended to make for dinner, as well as a container in which to store it.
Then we headed out to do some fun shopping. We went to World Market (because I could spend a lifetime in that store and never get enough of it), PetCo (to get some belated gifts for Miss Maxine's anniversary) and finally Sendik's to get things for that night's dinner.
As it turned out, we weren't able to do the recipe we had planned for because I'm an idiot and didn't notice that it needed to marinate for 8 hours before grilling. Yeah, that wasn't going to happen. Instead, we kind of winged the entree and I focused on the rest. For those curious, our dinner consisted of the following:
- Grilled beef tenderloin, seasoned with dried garlic, dried onion, kosher salt, pepper and herbs de provence. Complimented with a gorgonzola cream sauce.
- Prosciutto-wrapped asparagus.
- Alexia brand Oven Reds (Olive Oil, Parmesan & Roasted Garlic).
- A slice of chocolate orange dream cake from the Sendik's bakery.
Some quick notes on this dinner, if I may:
- These were some seriously rich foods. And while I love rich foods, this was a lot even for me.
- In the past, we've used cream cheese (even light or fat free) in place of the Neufchatel for the asparagus. It really doesn't make a huge difference, in my opinion, though the cream cheese probably makes it lighter.
- The oven reds were good, but were more like steak fries than I had anticipated. They also went great with the cream sauce.
- Speaking of the cream sauce, we made a HALF recipe and still had tons of leftovers. Also, it didn't reheat well, so next time we plan to make only a quarter recipe. Should be more than enough.
- The recipe we didn't get to make (but someday will) can be found here. We're excited to try it when we have enough time and foresight. As it was, the tenderloin was pretty awesome, AND the leftover meat was great in the morning for a makeshift "steak and eggs" type breakfast.
Anyway, we pretty much lounged for the rest of the evening. We watched some episodes of Castle on DVD and watched Night At The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian on TV (huzzah for cable!). Then we went to sleep, full and happy.
Sunday we had a nice breakfast of leftover tenderloin and fried eggs. Then we got dressed and headed out on an adventure. We stopped at Fowler Lake in Oconomowoc, and then headed on to Astico County Park near Columbus. Our final destination for the day was Day One Pizza in Columbus, an awesome pizza place we stumbled upon a few years ago that we make an annual mecca to just because it's just that good.
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