For Valentines I surprised Todd with is favorite food, BBQ chicken pizza. I even made my dough before work so it could rise during the afternoon. When I got home I just threw on the toppings and let it bake. For dessert I made him cream cheese swirl brownies I cut into hearts and served with ice cream and a little caramel sauce.
Here comes the bad news.
I have no pictures of our Valentines delicious dinner; I had it all planned out in my head how I would bake this delicious pizza in the shape of a heart and then wow you all with my domestic abilities. However, when making my pizza dough I just wrote down the ingredients from the blog I found it on and didn’t think to look to see if I was making one pizza crust or two, most recipes made enough for two. I even thought all day about what I would make with the extra pizza crust. Then after I punched down my dough, and despite the screams of my cooking guardian angel, I decided that it couldn’t be enough for two pizzas. Guess what, I was very wrong. My cute little pizza heart turned in a massive puffy dough heart with sauce, cheese and chicken. Needless to say I left the camera in the case. If you want to look at pretty pictures check out Pioneer Woman’s take on the BBQ Chicken Pizza. Todd still said it was delicious and he loved it.
Then desert happened…and it looked cute…and it looked delicious…and then it tasted delicious…and then it was gone and I didn’t take a picture. Trust me it was yummy and cute.
So really I have nothing to show you about how my Valentines went, but I promise it was perfect.
Before we fell asleep last night I asked Todd if he remembered our first Valentine’s Day. He, of course, said no. So I told him the story. It was when we were still at Graceland University and Todd kept saying he wasn’t my boyfriend but still spending every single day hanging out with me and making out with me. I was still trying to convince him that he should probably wake up and see the awesomeness that would be having me as a girlfriend. I went over to his apartment while he still was in class (He let me have a key and wouldn’t call me his girlfriend, really?!) and I made him Engagement Chicken and mashed potatoes. He came home from class with a card and some daises. He told me he told the lady at the shop to give him whatever flowers were there because he didn’t want to take flowers away from people who were trying to buy roses for their girlfriends. What a romantic. I still remember what his card said though. That was when he first gave away that he really was falling for me.
It said. “Heidi, you are peach. I have had a lot of fun with you this year and hope to have more fun in the future. Love Todd” He shouldn’t have said future; it was all downhill from there.
I still have the card and some of the daises. What can I say, I have been smitten by Todd from the moment I saw him in a crowd outside an ice cream social 5 years ago.
How was your Valentine’s Day?
-Mrs.J
P.S.
That Engagement Chicken Recipe is seriously the best and the only way I roast chicken. It is so easy and such a delicious way to impress people if you are cooking for them. I ALWAYS allow extra time to roast the chicken though, the lemons inside make it not cook as fast. I recommend slicing the lemons up and still add for extra roasting time. Sometimes chickens just don’t want to roast.
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