Friday night I went to
Vons to buy some last things for Jorge's birthday dinner. When I was heading to check out I inhaled the wonderful fragrance of sweet ripe strawberries. So I turned to look at them and they were on sale at a great price so I picked some up. Saturday morning I made us organic waffles with fresh strawberries and whipped cream... a yummy way to start the day.
Then I began to make his birthday dessert, lemon
meringue pie just like
last year. I had two Trader Joe's pie crust and when I baked them, they fell into the center of the dish... so I had to throw them away. Since I didn't have anymore pie crust I had to make my own which I hadn't done in many years. I used my Grandma's recipe with whole wheat and of the two, one crust fell in the middle. So I had to make one more! I was so frustrated in the morning but out of 5 pie crusts I ended up getting 2 decent pies. When the pies were finally done we went to the seafood store to buy the octopus and squid. Then came home and I got right to work again on the octopus salad. When that was done I prepared the eggplant
Parmesan. So basically I spent the WHOLE day in the kitchen and Jorge took are of the baby.
We were supposed to have 26 people but ended up only being 17. So I prepared way too much food and have a whole dish of eggplant left over. My mom wanted us to take a picture of the baby with all of his grandparents and it was a good idea.
Tre is so lucky to have both sets of grandparents married and local... a rarity in this society.
We drank and drank and drank! For the past many birthdays and holidays Jorge has been gifted tequila and this was the opportunity to drink it!
Friday night I went to Vons to buy some last things for Jorge's birthday dinner. When I was heading to check out I inhaled the wonderful fragrance of sweet ripe strawberries. So I turned to look at them and they were on sale at a great price so I picked some up. Saturday morning I made us organic waffles with fresh strawberries and whipped cream... a yummy way to start the day.
Then I began to make his birthday dessert, lemon meringue pie just like last year. I had two Trader Joe's pie crust and when I baked them, they fell into the center of the dish... so I had to throw them away. Since I didn't have anymore pie crust I had to make my own which I hadn't done in many years. I used my Grandma's recipe with whole wheat and of the two, one crust fell in the middle. So I had to make one more! I was so frustrated in the morning but out of 5 pie crusts I ended up getting 2 decent pies. When the pies were finally done we went to the seafood store to buy the octopus and squid. Then came home and I got right to work again on the octopus salad. When that was done I prepared the eggplant Parmesan. So basically I spent the WHOLE day in the kitchen and Jorge took are of the baby.
We were supposed to have 26 people but ended up only being 17. So I prepared way too much food and have a whole dish of eggplant left over. My mom wanted us to take a picture of the baby with all of his grandparents and it was a good idea. Tre is so lucky to have both sets of grandparents married and local... a rarity in this society.
We drank and drank and drank! For the past many birthdays and holidays Jorge has been gifted tequila and this was the opportunity to drink it!
How fun! Homemade pie crust is the best. My mom has a delicious pie crust recipe if you ever want to try it let me know!
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Happy Birthday Jorge!
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