Impressed!

The one advantage of Joel having Mondays off during the sugar processing season is that he has dinner ready when I get home. This has been a work in progress though, because for the first oh, maybe twenty-seven years of marriage, he had me convinced that the only things he could cook were waffles and steaks on the grill (which he does masterfully). Okay, I'm exaggerating, but that's not too far from the truth. In recent years, he's graduated to making a few simple dishes that I have planned. But last night, he surprised me with a wonderful meal that required his own planning, shopping, and preparation, and it was delicious! He even tried new recipes. We had chicken breasts covered with Swiss cheese and portabella mushrooms, shrimp that had been marinated in Pickapeppa Sauce, citrus-flavored vegetables, and apple slices drizzled with caramel. So now that he's blown his cover, I think I'll let him do his own thing in the kitchen more often. He might actually develop a love of cooking! :)