Valentine's Day Meal

This was as good as it looks.




I just wanted to talk about this meal for a second.  Mainly because it was delicious, but also because it applies to my 100 new recipes goal.  I could incorporate all aspects of this meal to be new, but I'll be a little strict and just focus on the orzo side dish.

So before I talk about that more, I just want to describe what this meal included:

Lemon garlic shrimp cooked in butter, roasted fingerling potatoes, beef tenderloin steak, and parmesan orzo with asparagus.

So recipe #1 is the orzo with asparagus.

It's super simple.  I looked around on Pinterest and got some motivation from random recipes.

Ingredients:

• 2 C orzo
• 1 bunch of asparagus
• salt and pepper
• 1/4C cream, divided
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1/4C (or a handful) of Parmesan cheese.

Directions:

• Bring a pot of water to a boil.  Add 1/8C of cream and lots of salt.  Then add the orzo.
• Chop up the asparagus.
• About halfway through the pasta's cooking time, add the asparagus to the pot.
• Once the pasta and asparagus are done, drain.
• Place back on stove.  Add the rest of the cream, butter and parmesan cheese.  Stir to combine.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.

It's a super simple side dish that goes well with steak and shrimp.  Also could go well with chicken.  I added a couple squeezes of fresh lemon juice to add some brightness.  Fresh parsley would be nice too.

I loved it.  And will probably make it again.  Mainly because I freaking love asparagus.

Thanks for reading! 

I'm going to eat some strawberry shortcake from Portillo's.  That's what I wanted for Valentine's Day.

Until next time.