Date Night Dinners

We had another Blue Apron box delivered this week and we fixed the Lemon-Date Tilapia and Saffron Rice meal Saturday night.

It was so good!

We make these meals together. I’m the prep cook and the navigator, she does the actual cooking while I read the directions. We make a pretty efficient team and the time we spend together is priceless. My favorite part is when we turn down the lights, light a candle, and just enjoy the meal and each other’s company. I feel so connected to her during this wonderful quiet ‘us’ time.

I also love how delightfully surprised Tennessee is by how good some of these meals really are after her sometimes doubtful reactions to some unfamiliar ingredients. This time it was the saffron and the dates, but she appreciated both and said this was one of her favorites so far.

Our Sunday dinner was supposed to be the other meal–Delicata Squash & Chickpea Grain Bowl. This is a vegetarian meal and was my pick.

I say supposed to be because we ended up having to go into the city to pick up Olive and Duke, for an emergency visit. It seems that somehow Duke got up on the stove and accidentally turned on a burner causing a small kitchen fire. Had the humans been home it probably would have been averted but they were not. Nobody required medical help and the property damage is relatively minor but it will require them to find a temporary residence while it’s repaired.

The damage to the dogs’ ears and psyches due to the smoke alarms and then the firefighters has yet to be truly ascertained. They were so anxious when we got them, panting like crazy and they had soot in their fur. Poor babies. As I write this though they are both conked out, no doubt completely exhausted.

Needless to say date night dinner did not happen. Hopefully, we’ll get a chance to fix it before the fresh components go bad.

Have a great Monday, my friends.