Valentine's Day at Linderhof

Valentine's Day is special.

It's another one of those food holidays.

And we certainly celebrated Valentine's

as a "foodie" day today at Linderhof.

I have some dear friends for lunch

A three course lunch

Asparagus Vinaigrette

made with orange

(because I didn't have any lemons--

and actually, I liked the orange better!)

Chicken ala Gloria

with white and wild rice blend

Chocolate bread pudding with salted caramel sauce

Baked in a coeur la creme mold

so it resembled a heart.

And later that afternoon,

Jim and I

had frosted heart cutout cookies for tea

Instead of going out,

we stayed in

My choice!

Appetizers in the parlor

with a glass of wine

Baked fontina and baguette

Perfect with the red wine Jim opened.

Our first course was the same

asparagus vinaigrette that I served for lunch

(cook once -- serve twice!)

And our main course:

Osso Bucco served with mashed potatoes

All eaten with a wonderful red that Jim brought up from the cellar.

I had dessert but we were so full

that we each had a salted chocolate dipped truffle with the last of the wine in our glass.

It was a great Valentine's

Spent with family and friends!

And the best part?

The Valentine's Day card we received from grand girl Lucy!

I hope everyone had as wonderful a Valentine as we did!