Ever have one of those weekends
where you just want stay in? This past
weekend was like that for me. I’m not
sure if it was the rainy looking weather that never actually rained on us or the
fact that we were still recouping from vacation. Either way, we ended up having a lazy
weekend. In the process of trying to
figure out where we were going to go for our date night, I told my husband that
I was just too tired to go out, so we decided to have date night at home.
The decision was made, andI found myself in need of an easy yet casually romantic dinner to make with ingredients I already had on hand and could preferably be
made in thirty minutes or less. Where
else to turn for such a dilemma than Pinterest?
After running a few morning errands on Friday, I looked through some
recipes on my Pinterest pin board and decided that this recipe was going to be dinner. The problem was that I didn’t have all of the
ingredients for the recipe, and I didn’t have time to make a crock pot meal. Since I did have most of the ingredients, I
chose to fumble my way through the recipe and do my own cheaters version of it
on the stove.
Prepare yourself, because there were
no measurable ingredients as I threw this recipe together. I’m gonna tell you how I made it the way my
momma would….that is, a pinch of this and a dash of that;) If you think it looks appealing, you can try my cheaters
version or the original Pinterest inspiration, which I’m sure taste much better
than mine.
The
first thing I did was make a caprese salad (Matt’s favorite) by mixing the
following ingredients together: a
container of cherry tomatoes (halved), a bunch of fresh basil (coarsely
chopped), fresh mozzarella (drained and chopped) and a few splashes of balsamic
vinaigrette to taste. I set it in the
fridge for the flavors to merry, and the salad was done:)
Then, I boiled and drained a bag of
cheese tortellini, and added the following:
a jar of alfredo sauce, a couple splashes of equal parts milk and
vegetable stock to thin out sauce, a container of sliced mushrooms, a few
sprigs of fresh basil, ¾ a bag of fresh spinach, a generous amount of grated
parmesan cheese, one clove crushed garlic, a pinch of oregano, a pinch of dried
basil, black pepper to taste and a dash of fresh grated nutmeg. I gave it a stir, and soup was done!
Next, I rolled out a container of
crescent dough and assembled on top of the dough the following: sliced provolone, the remaining fresh spinach
and tomatoe slices. I rolled the dough
back up and sliced it before putting it in the oven. A few minutes later, the rolls were done:)
Lastly, I set the table, poured two
glasses of sparkling pomegranate juice, just as the hubs was coming home from
work. And so there it was, our
casually-romantic date night – eating dinner at home and going to bed early…..we’re
so old!!! I wish I could say the rest of
our weekend picked up the pace a little, but it didn’t. It was just a lazy weekend where we stayed in. What can I say…..sometimes, you just need
weekends like that;)
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