V day

ric · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:17 am

How did everyone's Valentine's day go?

For dinner I made Melissa some Japanese style seared yellowfin tuna, rice, zucchini, caesar salad, a nice white wine. For desert we had mango key lime pie.

This morning before work... morning after POWER LAPPPPPPPPPPPPP

Bliss36 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:53 am

That sounds great! We've kind of taken a different route with the whole Valentine's dinner in years past and this year was no different. Instead of our normal Taco Bell dinner and wine in front of the fireplace we mixed it up a little this year and got Papa Johns pizza and washed it down with a fine I.P.A. local brew.

aguyindallas · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:30 am

Bliss36 wrote:

That sounds great! We've kind of taken a different route with the whole Valentine's dinner in years past and this year was no different. Instead of our normal Taco Bell dinner and wine in front of the fireplace we mixed it up a little this year and got Papa Johns pizza and washed it down with a fine I.P.A. local brew.

I love a good local brew....not enough of them in Texas, but still....I love a good local!

EvilZ · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:43 am

Ric - looks like a great dinner! How'd you cook the zucchini?

ric · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:11 am

EvilZ wrote:

Ric - looks like a great dinner! How'd you cook the zucchini?

This is how I made the Ahi

Seared Ahi Tuna Recipe
Prep time: 1 hour, 5 minutesCook time: 5 minutes
INGREDIENTS
2 (6-8 ounce) ahi tuna steaks (3/4 of an inch thick)
2 Tbsp dark sesame oil
2 Tbsp soy sauce (or 2 teaspoons of wheat-free tamari for gluten-free option)
1 Tbsp of grated fresh ginger
1 clove garlic, minced
1 green onion (scallion) thinly sliced (a few slices reserved for garnish)
1 teaspoon lime juice
METHOD
1 Mix the marinade ingredients together and coat the tuna steaks with the marinade, cover tightly, and refrigerate for at least an hour.
2 Heat a non-stick skillet over medium high to high heat. When the pan is hot, remove the tuna steaks from the marinade and sear them for a minute to a minute and a half on each side ( even a little longer if you want the tuna less rare than pictured.)
3 Remove from pan and slice into 1/4-inch thick slices. Sprinkle with a few green onion slices.

The zucchini I used the same pan after the Ahi and tossed in some homemade garlic butter, some salt, pepper. Simple yet... mmm.

Decision · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:59 am

ric,

Pics of the valentine evening dinner, the morning after boat wake, but no pics of Melissa?

Mike.

ric · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:34 am

Pictures?! Let's start with.. I don't even know her last name and she's been coming over at least twice a week since we met at a new years party :lol:

acguy · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:02 pm

ric wrote:

Pictures?! Let's start with.. I don't even know her last name and she's been coming over at least twice a week since we met at a new years party :lol:

That's frickin funny!!!

Winter Sux · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:53 pm

Well Ric,,,my V day went well. I took the recycling box to the curb for her :oops:

230 Mike · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:29 pm

Pizza with my wife & kids in front of the new big screen. Just my speed.

St. Louis Dave · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:36 pm

We did the pizza thing to Mike. Red Wings on the big screen for us.

TX H210SS · **Joined:** Thu May 27, 2010 9:10 am **Posts:** 1488

It was hi and by...the boy had football practice and didn't get home til 930....me and my son ate a whole platter of our fave dish that she made for us to pigout on for v day..she got a flower arrangement delivered to her work at lunch.

Ric...the tuna looks good, but hard to beat chicken fried venison backstrap smothered with grilled onions.....uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeee!! Dat was sum good stuff right there now...running low and season not but two months ago.....guess I better get some fish in freezer now.

SundayDinner · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:02 pm

http://devour.com/video/valentines-day-rant/

I love my wife, but this pretty much sums up my feelings about Valentine's Day.

230 Mike · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:19 pm

I agree. I make the best of it, but it's nothing but a F'n Hallmark holiday with no basis in anything national, religious, or anything else important. It just puts every male in the country in a position where they either spend $200 on crap for no reason, or they're a worthless cad. I'll end it during the first 10 days of my presidency, right after Obamacare.

ric · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:33 pm

That's why I cooked dinner...

Total spent: $60 including new plates, wine, candle

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