Bri's Birthday Feast

My wonderful boyfriend Brian turned 27 this past week and to celebrate I made him an eclectic but delicious birthday feast! Paired with a fantastic napa cabernet sauvignon and ending with strawberry shortcake, it was a fantastic meal. Here's what I made:

Jalepeno- bacon wrapped shrimp with a siracha cayenne glaze served on a bed of mixed greens and accompanied by three dipping sauces: spicy citrus, sweet mint-yogurt cucumber and an orange glaze.

Grilled sweet potatoes with poblano chiles and onions. The sweet potatoes were baked in a special barbeque spice rub and then grilled and basted with a molasses barbeque sauce.

Crispy crouton sticks with goat cheese and fresh basil and chives

 Indian rice pilaf with lots of spices (cumin, tumeric, cloves, cinnamon, coriander etc.) and raisins, peas and shaved almonds. (Sorry the picture is fuzzy!) St. Supery Cabernet Sauvignon. On our last trip to Napa with my dad, we visited this little winery St. Supery and it plesantly surprised us with this succulent gem. My dad got us a bottle and it went splendidly with the spicy and savory mix of this birthday dinner.

Happy Birthday Bri! Love you!!