As promised, here is Mr. How Sweet’s belated birthday dinner!
I’m sure it’s not hard to figure out what he wanted… steak, chicken, and a side of… steak. But I made some minor adjustments after a few glasses of this:
And ended up with this:
Whipped sweet potatoes.
Roasted green beans.
These were incredible. They almost tasted like… french fries?!
His and hers filets.
Bet you can’t guess which one is mine.
A delicious birthday dinner.
Made even better by some of this:
Mr. How Sweet is trying to sneak a second bowl right now and doesn’t think I can see or hear him. It’s pretty entertaining.
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OMG…i’ve never made whipped sweet taters!!!!!!!! I just really started eating them within the last year, so they’re still kind of new to me. GIMME some of those beans!! They look amazing. And I love melty ice cream..mmm
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Whipped sweet potatoes are among my favorite foods!! I can always tell when fall is coming because I make them with just about every meal.
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Looks delicious! Veggies are always better roasted, aren’t they?!
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Whipped sweet potatoes are one of my favorite things on this earth! :) Dinner looks perfect. The roasted green beens….YUM!
Happy belated B-day to Mr. Sweetie! :)
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Roasted green beans are the BEST! Mr. How Sweet is a lucky man. :)
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What an incredible looking bday dinner! Love the whipped sweet potatoes.
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Wow – that dinner looks AMAZING! :) How did you make those whipped sweet potatoes?????
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Your dinner looks absolutely delicious. What a perfect birthday dinner. I have never even thought about roasting green beans. Did you do anything special to them?
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Jessica — September 26th, 2010 @ 5:54 pm
Nope – just olive oil, salt and pepper!
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Sara — September 26th, 2010 @ 7:00 pm
How long did you roast them? They look amazing!
What a great Bday dinner!! I’m super jealous of the ice cream. I’m really needing something sweet right now!!
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What a lucky guy! That birthday dinner is awesome! Those mashed sweet potatoes look sooooooo yummy!! :)
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I’ve been dreaming about whipped sweet potatoes. I saw Nigella make a whipped sweet potato and regular potato mash the other day and I can’t get it out of my head. This is a sign. I need to make these STAT.
Happy bday (belated) Mr. How Sweet!
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Mmmm I want some of those whipped sweet potatoes right now!!
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Those sweet potatoes look stelllllar!
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what a great birthday dinner!! those filets are too funny :P
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My birthday is in December….wanna make me some yummy veggies? haha
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you know…my birthday is coming up on tuesday…just sayin’…
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Happy Birthday (again) ;)
Those roasted green beans look amazing… and I don’t even like green beans but I think I’d like those.
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Everything looks delicious… especially those roasted green beans! How long/what temp do you roast them??
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whipped sweet potatoes make me droooooool……
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I think I just entered a food coma from reading this. You make me drool daily.
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What a fabulous birthday dinner!!! Now I’m totally craving ice cream with fruit and pretty sprinkles :)
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HOW DO YOU MAKE YOUR WHIPPED SWEET POTATOES? Just like mashed potatoes, but with sweet potatoes? I AM PROBABLY OVERREACTING RIGHT NOW BUT I AM AMAZED THAT I NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS.
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Jessica — September 27th, 2010 @ 3:41 am
I’ll post the recipe this week!
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Love the last bowl that the ice cream is in. So pretty. Earthenware. I love pottery of all kinds.
Anyway Mr Sweet clearly had a faboosh bday! He’s one lucky guy having you wait on him hand and foot and cook for him. You can hold it over his head for a long time :)
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Mr. How Sweet is a very lucky man! I laughed when I saw the two beef filets- that’s what my and my husbands portions look like when I make steak! It must be a guy thing! :-)
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Ooo what a great bday meal..I am sure he really appreciated it :-)
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My birthday is in December. Please make your plane reservations now because you WILL come make me dinner.
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Jessica — September 27th, 2010 @ 6:28 am
I would love to!
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LOL I love the his and hers steaks!!! Too funny.
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What a lucky man you have-this looks delicious! Whipped sweet potatoes are my favorite for sure, by far the favorite potatoe of mine (unless of course were talking skinned red baby potatoes-yum!)
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Looks great. I am a meat and potatoes kind girl… so this meal would be prefect for me! :)
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Those sweet potatoes look like orange heaven, and I hate the color orange.
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Your husband is a lucky man!
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Yum, yum, yum, yum. It all looks SO good.
The cuts of meat made me laugh…generally what my boyfriend’s and my plate look like. Or, sometimes we START with equal sized pieces and I just let him eat half of mine.
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The green beans sound wonderful. I am really loving green beans these days, especially from the farmer’s market.
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What a nice dinner for your sweetie!
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