Monday, February 22, 2010

THE BEST SUNDAY EVER!

I had the best Sunday ever.
It started off well with my all time favorite parfait from Cafe Brasil. YUM.




Mom and I went to just about ever grocery store in Houston.
We made a phenomenal dinner.
Here are some pictures..


Our White Wine Sangria with Naked blueberry pomegranate juice, oranges, raspberries, and blueberries
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Salmon in a brown butter sauce with capers and almonds! YUM

http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/salmon-with-brown-butter-almonds-green-beans-00000000029608/index.html
We did asparagus instead of green beans


Made a quinoa with thyme and scallions.




and an easy and DELICIOUS tiramisu, original recipe by Robin Miller.


Ingredients

  • 8 ounces regular or light cream cheese
  • 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups whipped cream, divided
  • 1 package ladyfingers
  • 1/2 cup prepared espresso, strong coffee, or coffee-flavored liqueur
  • 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
  • Semisweet chocolate, grated, for garnish
  • ground cinnamon

Directions

In a medium mixing bowl, beat together cream cheese, sugar and vanilla. Fold in 1 1/3 cups of whipped cream. Dunk ladyfingers in prepared coffee. Halve and place layer of ladyfingers in the bottom of 4 tall parfait glasses. Spoon half of cheese mixture over ladyfingers. Top with another layer of ladyfingers and remaining cheese mixture. Top with remaining ladyfingers. Mix a teaspoon of cinnamon in remaining whipping cream. Spoon whipped cream over top of parfaits. Sift cocoa over whipped topping and garnish with grated semisweet chocolate.





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