2/8/11 - Cook a delicious meal.

I think I've had a few forays into cooking, but I don't think I've ever actually followed a recipe and made something that tasted the way it was supposed to. And since Valentines Day was approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to surprise my girlfriend with a home cooked, delicious meal.

On the menu:

- Steak filet with roasted brussel sprouts drizzled with a maple syrup vinaigrette.

Sounds pretty good, eh?

The only problem was, Trader Joe's was out of brussel sprouts. Can you believe it?

So the new menue became:

- Steak filet with garlic cauliflower mash.

A fine second option, I'd say.

And after some typical freakout moments, like when the mashed cauliflowers weren't mashing quite the way I expected with the immersion blender, it turned out really well! Check out the pics.


Sizzling.


Garlic cauliflower mash.


The final product.