Stay in Date Night

Josh was feeling stressed last week so I made an impromptu stay-in date night to relax him before he had to open up his computer and do more work.

I made hashbrowns with red, yellow, and purple potatoes :

for 2 people you need:
4-5 small potoatoes; grated
2 small zuchinni; diced
3 red peppers; diced and seeded
1 red onion; diced
2 cloves of garlic' minced
a few shakes of red pepper flakes
a few shakes of chili powder
S&P

1   put a few tbs of olive oil in a skillet and warm it up
2   place in the veggies and potoatoes and cook until warm or when they start to get crispy- your choice
3   then add in the spices
4   top with parmesan cheese

Also we had fresh bread with butter, honey, and ground vanilla- so good we made it for breakfast the next day and toasted it with the 3 alread on top of the bread!

For dessert I made roasted pears

2 ripe pears; halved and seeded
lemon juice
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup water
cinnamon
ground vanilla
1/2 tsp frangelico

preheat oven to 350 degrees F

1    pour the water, frangelico, and brown sugar evenly on the bottom a small glass dish
2    place pears in and squeeze lemon juice over top of them
3    drizzle the honey over top of the pears and then sprinkle on the cinnamon and vanilla
4    bake for 18-25 minutes, until the pears are soft, once while they are baking baste the
      pears with the sauce in the bottom
5   serve warm

I served it with vanilla bean ice cream that I smashed toasted whole hazelnuts into - WOW what a suprisingly tasty treat. I think we both fell in love with hazelnuts that night!

Plus it was one of those dinners that just felt like winter so when we were done slowness and coziness had seeped and and we were both relaxed.