Happy Valentines Day!!

Today is a special day for lovers all over & it is also

our 25th wedding anniversary!

Yes, we were married on Valentines Day!

The house has been decorated for weeks & lots of ♥ shaped goodies have been made & shared with family & friends.

Everywhere you look, there are reminders of this very special day & our love for each other.

This photo was taken on Christmas Eve,

the night we got engaged.

I adore the look of love in his eyes &

I’ll carry this photo in my wallet, forever.

To start the day, I made us “Parmesan Baked Eggs”

from a recipe I saw on the Pinch of Yum blog.

This is pretty much her recipe except where I noted that I made a few, slight changes due to ingredients that I had on hand.

Parmesan Baked Eggs

Author: Pinch of Yum (with changes that I made noted in RED)

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 10 mins

Total time: 20 mins

Serves: 3

Ingredients

• 1/2 tablespoon butter (used a wee bit less)
• 1/2 teaspoon oil (used a wee bit less)
• 1 shallot, minced
• 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, minced (I didn't have fresh but I did have Rosemary/Garlic seasoning, which worked great! Sometimes fresh rosemary is too strong for me)
• 1/2 tablespoon fresh thyme, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt (I used less, due to BP issues at The Gazebo House)
• 6 eggs (I used only 4, since there were just 2 of us eating)
• 1 tablespoon heavy cream (used a wee bit less)
• freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

In a small saucepan, heat butter and oil. Add shallot and saute until soft and fragrant, 3-5 minutes. Add herbs and salt; remove from heat and stir to combine. The mixture should be somewhat coarse and just a little buttery.

Preheat the oven to 375. Place a small pat of butter (about 1 teaspoon) in the bottom of each of 3 ramekins. Place in oven until butter is melted. Watch carefully...I burned the first pat.

Remove ramekins from oven, add 1 teaspoon of cream to each, and crack 2 eggs into each ramekin without breaking the yolk. Sprinkle the herb mixture over the top of each ramekin and return to the oven. Bake for about 7 minutes.

Turn up the heat to the broil setting and let the eggs broil for another 1-2 minutes. Remove from oven when egg whites are just set and yolks are still soft. Let stand for 3-5 minutes before serving. Season pepper & salt, if you use it...I did not, as I felt the Parmesan cheese was salty enough.

I agree with her note that the timing of this dish is really important. Be sure to have everything at hand & ready & watch the clock closely or you will over cook the eggs. Ours were PERFECT!

They were delicious…and I don’t usually like eggs! I can’t wait to make them again but it will be awhile, as I don’t serve him bacon & eggs too often,

since his ♥ attack a few years ago & then later, the stent insertion.

I am so thankful that they were able to fix his ♥

and

I am so very happy that he is still around to celebrate this very special day!

Happy 25th Anniversary, Honey!

I'm linking up with Marty's Table Top Tuesday , Susan's BNOTP Tablescape Thursday & The Tablescapers Seasonal Sunday, just because of all the dishes!
Thanks Marty, Susan & Ms. A. for hosting these fun memes, again & again.