i'm real lucky

Jacob gave up meat for Lent... in addition to a few other things.  So last night I suggested that he make us eggplant parmesan for dinner!  He did some great research and found a wonderful recipe on the World Wide Web for a lasagna style dish.  Thanks Bobby Flay.  We went to Ingles and collected the ingredients we needed.  He made a delicious roasted red pepper marinara sauce.  He sliced, breaded and fried the eggplant.  The final step required him to layer the ingredients: sauce, eggplant, cheese, sauce, eggplant and cheese to top.  The dish he used was the perfect size for the ingredients and the result was perfect!  The picture to the left was a portion that I ate for dinner.  It was beautifully garnished with fresh parsley.  Mmmm.  It was sooo good.  I'm real lucky to have him in my life.  I'll toot my own horn a little and say that last night I prepped a dough to make homemade strawberry shortcakes today for Jacob.  In addition to meat, he also sacrificed sweets so I thought it would be a treat.  They were very tasty.  And he was very appreciative.  I think we're lucky to have each other.  Toot, toot!