dinner last night

Since it was Friday night last night, I decided to make a more "special" dinner for Dan and myself, requiring a little extra cooking, but nothing too out of the ordinary. I had a recipe for "Beet-Top Crustless Quiche" from Vegetarian Times in the pile to try. I had sauteed the beet-tops earlier in the week, and was ready to make the quiche . . . after I made a whole-wheat crust, of course. :) I also roasted a 1.18 pound bunch of asparagus for a side dish. (The 1.18 pounds becomes more important later.) Photo:


And, Dan's second helping. I quote, "will you take a picture of this and put it on your blog?"

He described his sriracha art as a throwback to his younger days, when he thought anarchy was cool. Silly Dan.

After two servings of quiche for Dan and one for me, and the entire batch of asparagus, I guess we were ready for dessert. (Yes, the two of us ate over a pound of asparagus! So much for leftovers.) I made a quick raspberry-peach ice cream sauce:

We dumped the sauce over local vanilla ice cream, and went to town while we watched On a Clear Day.

It was a nice, relaxing Friday night! And of course, I saved the dishes for today. :)

P.S. Courtesy of wikipedia:

Asparagus
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 20 kcal 90 kJ
Carbohydrates 3.88 g
- Sugars 1.88 g
- Dietary fiber 2.1 g
Fat 0.12 g
Protein 2.20 g
Thiamin (Vit. B1) 0.143 mg 11%
Riboflavin (Vit. B2) 0.141 mg 9%
Niacin (Vit. B3) 0.978 mg 7%
Pantothenic acid (B5) 0.274 mg 5%
Vitamin B6 0.091 mg 7%
Folate (Vit. B9) 52 μg 13%
Vitamin C 5.6 mg 9%
Calcium 24 mg 2%
Iron 2.14 mg 17%
Magnesium 14 mg 4%
Phosphorus 52 mg 7%
Potassium 202 mg 4%
Zinc 0.54 mg 5%
Manganese 0.158 mg

(Woo! Look at all that iron!)