Valentine's Day

I have been house/dog-sitting at the Flanigan's house this past week, so for Valentine's Day Colson and I decided to cook dinner together. We made an awesome chicken and pasta dish as well as homemade eclairs. Here are the links to the recipes...the chicken dish was definitely one of our favorite things we've made.

Just a few hints--don't worry about getting fresh herbs if you don't have them; we used the stuff in the cupboard and it worked fine. I used chicken breasts instead of thighs. Also, I made a bit more marmalade sauce than she calls for because I usually like more sauce. It's also really good if you sweeten the pecans a bit in a pan with some sugar or honey (I actually used maple syrup). And I used more cheese on the pasta and served the chicken on top of the pasta. Serving the chicken over the pasta made the flavors of the two dishes blend really well and it was really really good.

Orange-Balsamic Chicken Thighs with Pecans and Sage Butter Pasta

Eclairs



We had to share our Valentine's Day with Tippet, the Flanigan's dog.


The finished product---homemade eclairs...And one in the shape of a heart. Yeah, we're cheesy like that.


Dipping the eclairs in chocolate...yum!


The main course masterpiece...note the wonderfully folded napkins (Colson did that) and the roses that Colson bought for me. :)




The master pastry chef at work


Making some dessert