He’s My Cherry Pie

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on April 8, 2009

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Before I get to the fabulous dinner we had at Wildfire tonight, I want to take a minute to say a very public happy birthday to the love of my life. Adam and I met in December of 2004, and have been pretty much inseperable ever since. I’ll never forget how my heart jumped when he called me the day after our first date to ask me for a second… and how my stomach flipped with joy when he introduced me to his friend as his girlfriend. He’s seen me through fat thick and thin, through losing my first job, the death of my grandmother, and the stress of starting a new job. He’s always been my shoulder to lean on, arms to fall into, and ears to listen. He’s my rock and my best friend, and I’m grateful beyond words that he was born on this day 31 years ago. Adam, I love you, and can’t wait to be your wife in less than 8 months!

I love you forever!

And now onto the evening of food! When I got home, there was a HUGE package waiting for me on the counter from Tastespotting! I’d been contacted about trying some new cream cheese flavors, and this was my sample package! Just look at this:

2 boxes of crackers and new cream cheese flavors!

Kudos to Adam for the killer shot set-up!

There were 2 flavors in the box:

Spinach and Artichoke

Sundried Tomato & Basil

Immediately, we broke out the crackers and fancy spreader and tried the 2 flavors, but I’m going to hold off on my official review until Friday. From what I tried though, these flavors rock!

I set out to bake Adam’s birthday pie, but more on that later, and then we headed out to dinner at Wildfire. We met up with Adam’s mom and stepdad, and we didn’t even need to look at the menu to know what we were getting to start out with:

THE BEST chopped salad ever, with mango viniagrette

The rest of the dinner will be solely pictures:

My entree: herb marinated salmon with roasted grape tomatoes

My entree came with a barbecue rubbed sweet potato with brown sugar and butter

Adam's entree: oven roast scallops with sauteed spinach

When I went to eat my sweet potato, it was smiling at me! I totally thought of you, VeggieGirl, when I took this pic!

We came home, and I gave adam his cherry pie!

Adam made a wish!

And we dug in!

Adam said he had a great birthday, and I had quite an experience baking my very first, all from scratch pie! My sister really helped me out with the recipe, which, once I get it put together from the 3 different places I have it written down, I’ll post it for you. I’m proud of myself for not over-stuffing myself at dinner… since tomorrow is our family Passover seder!

Make sure to check out my post at MizFitOnline today!! It’s a story many of you have read before, but hey, can’t hurt to read it again, right?? Thanks for the opportunity Miz!

So, for the last time tonight,