Just the 4 of Us: Valentines Dinner

So even though Valentines Day was almost a month ago, we decided to have our dinner last night :) Nathan was actually deathly ill on valentines day (all weekend) so I went to a sweetheart banquet our church had by myself. Thats my sob story. So we decided to cook this great meal last night for our enjoyment. It was nice to enjoy an evening together at the beginning our our week before things get super crazy this week. Nathan will be gone at Shepherd's Conference for the rest of the week so it was nice to have our date nite earlier. Ok... here's what we ate. It was so good I felt the need to document it for you. And I've even included some pictures for your drooling convenience :)

I defrosted some very large and very thick New York Steaks. Yummy! Nathan BBQ'd those (in the dark with a lantern I might add). Another reason we are looking forward to buying a house...then we don't have to walk past 2 other houses to get to our garage (which has no lights) and grill. We are looking forward to walking out to our patio and grilling right there! Anyway... he did an amazing job for grilling by lantern light. Meanwhile, I cooked up a hashbrown potato casserole. So good. Recipe to follow. We also had cornbread and I even added asparagus (just for you, mom!!). We considered this the first real meal we've had. Mainly because this is the first time we have cooked any kind of steak in our house. We ALWAYS eat chicken :)

Here is the recipe for the Hashbrown Potato Casserole.

2 cups sour cream; 1 package (2 pounds) fully thawed hashbrown potatoes; 1 medium onion--finely chopped; 10 oz. package grated cheese (or really as much cheese as you want)

**Combine all ingredients and pour into a greased 9x13 pan. Bake covered at 350* for 1 1/2 hours. Uncover and bake additional 10 minutes. Optional: Sprinkle some more cheese on top before baking the additional 10 minutes.

This is Nathans Dinner