Okay, I'll tell you! We don't eat beef on the regular, so I wanted to make a nice rib-eye steak, pan seared with no sauce or extras, just a well cooked, well seasoned steak. I am not comfortable handling thick man meat on my tiny Barbie stove, but I researched for days and found a good recipe that could work giving my heat limitations. www.certifiedangusbeef.com/recipes/recipedetail.aspx?id=628
I chose beef because it signifies something real. To me it has always represented being alive and being strong. Definitely a wish I have for him.
He had a major health issue a couple of years ago and I realized I could lose him. More than that, I guess I realized that I will lose him one day. That's some bullshit right there. A real eye opener but not just him but realizing people in my life are not guaranteed to be there. A recurring lesson since. They are gifts in themselves.
He's been enjoying potatoes again so I made this Herbed Potatoes Anna with Gruyere cheese, super simple but deeeeelicious! neighborfoodblog.com/2015/03/herbed-potatoes-anna-recipe.html#_a5y_p=3556315. Potatoes are honest food and have the connection with the dirt and one's roots.
I made a spicy Broccoli Rabe with Parmesan and pine nuts for the green. Broccoli Rabe is very bitter but invigorating and you always feel like someone shot you up with vitamins when you eat it. www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/spicy-broccoli-rabe-with-parmesan-and-pine-nuts-51243810
For dessert I made carrot cake cream cheese bars which is a mash up of the traditional cake he loves and my desire for swirly things made into snack size.
www.marshasbakingaddiction.com/carrot-cake-bars-with-cream-cheese-swirl/I celebrate his birthday almost selfishly because I recognize that he's really a gift that was given to me.
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