Valentine's Day weekend is here. With how busy Michelle and I have been I wanted to make sure I did something special for her this weekend. But also with how busy we've been and due to the fact that we are trying to save money for our addition, I knew I couldn't go big on spending. So I started looking for a special dinner I could cook this weekend. Well, Michelle loves seafood but I am not a huge fan. I only eat saltwater seafood and rarely find shellfish to my liking. But for this weekend I decided to go for it. Crab cakes!
The whole menu consisted of an Asian influenced salad with field greens, chick peas, green onions, strawberries, garlic-ginger wonton strips, and a sesame-ginger dressing. Next were the crab cakes along with Parmesan fries. Finally followed up with a white cake with butter cream frosting. Michelle was pleasantly surprised by the menu and the results. And yes, I managed to eat the crab cakes as well. Definitely not my favorite meal so far, but that was a consequence of the ingredients, not the preparation.
Of course, the cake prep was and adventure in itself, trying to get it made in advance while Michelle was at work. Quite a challenge to bake and frost a cake in just a few hours while watching a two year old when you are not familiar with most of the processes!
Here are the recipes:
Crab Cakes
Parmesan Fries
White Cake
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