As is a tradition in our families growing up, we've continued the tradition of allowing the birthday celebrant to choose their menu for their birthday. Here's what kept me busy on Monday:
For brunch, we had Mascarpone Stuffed French Toast with strawberries. It took the idea from the recipe, but made fresh bread for the french toast on Sunday with my Basic Bread.
From there sliced up huge chunks of it and put the slit in slices for the cheese and grilled them up. The finished result was very good. A little sweet for my liking and since I LOVE cream cheese, I think I would rather have them stuffed with cream cheese - but it wasn't my birthday :).
Lunch didn't come until about 2 - and the Birthday Boy requested Potato Leek Soup with Pumpernickel Bread. I melded a couple of different recipes for the bread and it turned out very well- says he who likes Pumpernickel.
(The loaf was actually darker - the photo came out light)
For dessert, Cheesecake:
Happy Birthday!
Too bad my Tommy doesn't have your hubby's tastes! For his birthday, also Tuesday, he chose apple pancake for breakfast (yum), hot dogs and tater tots for lunch (yawwwwn), and homemade pizza for dinner. The cake, because he is MY child, was devil's food with chocolate icing. Maybe next year I'll try whispering "pumpernickel" and "marscapone" in his ear while he sleeps. Wish Handyman a happy birthday from us! Jennifer
ReplyDeleteThe family lore goes that when asked what he wanted for his birthday meal, a very young (4 year old maybe) HandyMan looked at his mom and replied souffle, fresh artichokes and chocolate mousse. Keep whispering - it may just work!
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