135.8...and the giveaway winner is announced!!
After I blogged that my favorite restaurant is Firenze....my hubby came home and announced that's where he was taking us to dinner! Score!!! Mondays are half-priced bottles of wine day so we rolled with it:
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Hubby and I shared our normal: Chopped Caesar Salad:
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I ordered the Linguine with Clams for my entree:
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I didn't like it. :)
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I went to sleep a happy (and full!) girl! Guess I deserve the "weight gain." :)
Breakfast this morning was plain non fat yogurt with Fiber One cereal and strawberries, blackberries and raspberries:
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I took the kids to school and it was off to cooking class at Great News! You know I'm a happy camper when I get to go to cooking class. Today's class was entitled: Springtime in Paris.
First recipe was Quiche Lorraine with Bacon and Swiss and a Buttery Crust:
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Uh...bacon and cheese? What could be better!?! I loved it!
The second recipe was Chicken Veronique with Red Grapes and Fresh Tarragon:
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Super excellent sauce!!! As you can imagine, I wasn't a fan of the grapes in it, but you could just leave those out.
Next up was Chicken Crepes with Asparagus, Ham and Mushrooms with Veloute Sauce:
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This was so delicious!!! The sauce was like velvet and I loved the filling!!! I would definitely serve this for a brunch dish!
The next dish was French Onion and Gruyere Topped Rib Eye Steaks:
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Holy decadence! That onion sauce was amazing!!!! I forgot to take a picture of the dessert!!! Anyway...it was Strawberry Bavarian Cream Mousse with Fresh Sugared Strawberries. Light and delicious!!
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Hubby and I shared our normal: Chopped Caesar Salad:
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I ordered the Linguine with Clams for my entree:
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I didn't like it. :)
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I went to sleep a happy (and full!) girl! Guess I deserve the "weight gain." :)
Breakfast this morning was plain non fat yogurt with Fiber One cereal and strawberries, blackberries and raspberries:
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I took the kids to school and it was off to cooking class at Great News! You know I'm a happy camper when I get to go to cooking class. Today's class was entitled: Springtime in Paris.
First recipe was Quiche Lorraine with Bacon and Swiss and a Buttery Crust:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Wajh5B9V5AIVbf-VNrRbZ336kZOd0dX5K5GXrLzWq9kis82PrvYmlWW5cG106KAjScjChNkmOnGAOE_hVMeZteR7nJQiVx4albn11LAuJGD7GVRTFu3dcQZfeOSCx36lepK5S7HnLug/s400/April+2010+242.jpg)
Uh...bacon and cheese? What could be better!?! I loved it!
The second recipe was Chicken Veronique with Red Grapes and Fresh Tarragon:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8pcLROvil5U16lFxGd9SxIU4MQJRheS3sYwCTE4imA7-pj5dx3Bl5xWt6FGBd6aXWinG-7maG-DNVy7hlbCwEoQXKDRH5sjRBR8i5befUxbVmpw7cEySwaRDYYH213oLr1p-ccZ_orQ/s400/April+2010+243.jpg)
Super excellent sauce!!! As you can imagine, I wasn't a fan of the grapes in it, but you could just leave those out.
Next up was Chicken Crepes with Asparagus, Ham and Mushrooms with Veloute Sauce:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLaYcmZ-GFU3aA-UD8JJ0xcCpgxycAUCztSRdZjeDw3f_i9wKr7lnORAfm1ZQgZM8-mQppX5WeXO7WfLLImXmbMWZZsteJnQURjVsi-b0VAMPPyr7_8DQB_AiX0vcn2vQbeueQJhCFNM/s400/April+2010+244.jpg)
This was so delicious!!! The sauce was like velvet and I loved the filling!!! I would definitely serve this for a brunch dish!
The next dish was French Onion and Gruyere Topped Rib Eye Steaks:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJd4EB74iQhwMSVC09Jz1nAriPjpg9kJkSq3BCK_9BzsfjagOpZAx07Yif1DH1Loa02Ha3j_xBTOlxAdvMG3Yy7RNy3zYDJAQN9i_pNeUj1cp3BEsIaIuiHIxzmCSJdtdmG2opmWHiso/s400/April+2010+245.jpg)
Holy decadence! That onion sauce was amazing!!!! I forgot to take a picture of the dessert!!! Anyway...it was Strawberry Bavarian Cream Mousse with Fresh Sugared Strawberries. Light and delicious!!
I'm going out to dinner with my sister in law tonight so I definitely need to get a work out in before.....this will be quite a food day! Actually the rest of my week is filled with food so get ready!!
And now the moment you've been waiting for....the winner of the Vegetable Spiral slicer is: Liz!!! Liz, I'm going to email you and get all your info! Congrats!!! And thank to everyone who entered!! Just in case you're curious I used the random integer generator at random.com.
Enjoy your evening!!
yeah - looks like you hated it! LOL Great eats as per usual!
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