Dinner was so nummy..okay nummy isn’t a great word for it. It was AMAZING!

When we arrived I got right to work photographing..

Not the best pictures, but I just love the open kitchen! They probably thought I was crazy. I didn’t want the flash to go off and distract them..in a kitchen that could be dangerous!

I didn’t hate flash until I became a food blogger..

A little better..I love wine cellars!

We arrived and sat at our booth and while perusing the wine list, we ordered appetizers. Rosemary and parmesan flat bread along with stuffed mushrooms. The “Caramelized Crab & Shrimp Stuffed Mushrooms” to be exact. The menu said they were served with roasted garlic and parmesan cheese.

This was my first time since food blogging trying to deal with dark lighting. A little stressful, we need a new camera..I did my best!

This was so amazing. I had these:

Plus another stuffed mushroom and 1 1/2 more of the flatbread.

Rosemary is my FAVORITE herb! Seriously, it’s comfort food for me. Anything with rosemary. My mom used rosemary a lot growing up, it smells like Christmas to me!

I ordered the Leanne Vineyard pinot noir.

Pinot noir is my new love, my original favorite was Malbec. Seriously I would always order an Argentinean Malbec and was never disappointed. I tried pinot noir and fell in love. It’s a lighter red so it’s not too heavy which turns me off to reds sometimes. Especially in Florida where it’s hot most of the year and something lighter and fruitier is always more appealing to me. I really really really love wine and would love to learn more about it.

I ordered the “Grilled Boneless Rainbow Trout” which the menu described came “with parsley new potatoes, fresh roasted vegetables and broiled lemon”.

YUM! Vegetarian/Vegans beware..there’s a tail on my dinner..

This was so good! I first had trout in Michigan when I was 11, it was freshly caught by our group and cooked up so yummy! It quickly became a favorite. It’s a very mild fish so even if you don’t like fish, give this a shot.

Had to highlight the rosemary..yessssss!

Mmmm two of my favorite veggies! Those roasted carrots were AMAZING! I am roasting carrots real soon! The potatoes were super yum and comforting as well!

The husband got the special which was quail in a maple bourbon glaze with fresh veggies (and TONS of blanched garlic!) some garlic mashed potatoes(he opted for those instead of mashed sweet potatoes..silly husband!) and more rosemary! I need to grow rosemary. I had a bite of his quail..my first experience with quail and it was yummy! Also maybe snuck a bite of his mashed potatoes. Yummy!

But we were most looking forward to this….

Okay we didn’t order ALL of those..we decided on three! I let the husband pick first..he opted for fresh fruit.

I was a little jokingly mad at him. I know I know, I am a healthy living blogger. But come on! Dessert! Not fruit I apologized later because this helped add some freshness to our dessert and the other two were way satisfying I didn’t need anymore!

I chose pumpkin spice..oh my gosh, their are no words..so incredible.

Then he let me pick the mocha machiatto. Yummy coffee, chocolate and caramel! Such a delicious mix of flavors.

Our server treated us to two of those free! Why? Because it was our anniversary silly!

They gave us a cute little card, how sweet!

It was a fabulous dinner with the love of my life. I’ll have to do a wedding recap post so you can get caught up on our crazy day!

I also forgot to mention that when I got home I ran 2.5 miles! It took 35 minutes, but I was focused more on time then distance. I am easing back into more time and then I will work on gaining speed and endurance. Once the weather gets better I will be outside. As of now, I have to be at work at 7:45 so morning runs are out of the question for now. I need sleep! Speaking of which, I am off to bed!

Goodnight friends, don’t forget to tell everyone to enter the giveaway! I only have 16 entries! The odds are awesome !

Katy