Date Night Series-February cooking class with flavor exchange

February 19, 2019 • 1 Comment

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Hello, friends! So anyone who follows me on Instagram knows my 2019 goal of being intentional with my time...time with my husband, girls, and friends. In the spirit of living an intentional life, I have decided to plan monthly date nights. After speaking with my bestie, Tiffany and our spouses, I thought it would be a fun idea to share them with you!

So here is the start of my new blog series on date nights!!! So many married couples I know do not make time for dating (last year, I must admit that time got away from me and Lewis and I did not make enough time for this...unless you count shooting a wedding together a date!) Well that is not good and I hope with a little motivation and accountability, I can change that!!!

So here it is! Date night for February was a huge success!

Saturday I planned a cooking class with The Flavor Exchange. Esther Gore, our chef, arrived early and brought lots of yummy ingredients for a Sweet Potato Gnocchi with buttered sage balsamic sauce. The Flavor Exchange was once located in downtown Southern Pines, NC, but now she comes directly to the home and has an online shop of delicious oils and spices. We soon found out that Esther is owner of The Flavor Exchange! So cool!!!

I had a small group of our best friends join us. Tiffany (my second shooter) and Stephen, Chad and Cory (our best man and matron of honor years ago), and of course Lewis (my bearded man). It was a night full of laughs. It looks a little bit like those sweet potatoes were hot:)

Esther brought fragrant sage and Asiago cheese, which we used up completely! I was able to get proof that everyone chipped in...even me (after Tiffany took my camera for a few). Lewis mashed the potato with a mixture of flour and egg...then came the cheese...and more cheese! Once the dough was ready, we started forming the gnocchi. Everyone had their own way of forming their gnocchi. My husband called his "little rays of sunshine". Into the boiling...once they rose to the top, into the butter and sun-dried tomatoes they went. We sautéed those yummy gnocchis until crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Esther added the herbs and worked her way through the pile of delicious gnocchi. She added a cinnamon pear balsamic vinegar and spinach! The fragrance of our meal left all the men wondering when we would finally eat!

What meal is complete without dessert...and this dessert taste like another! Vanilla ice cream with lemon olive oil and apple balsamic vinegar. Yes, you heard me...we added olive oil and red apple balsamic vinegar to our ice cream...and it was AMAZING!

At the end of the night, my friends declared a WIN for cooking class with The Flavor Exchange!!!!

Check them out and Bon Appetit!

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Keywords: Blog, Date Night, Education, Food, Personal

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Jan Ison(non-registered)

This is a MARVELOUS blog!!!! Esther is the sweetest and best. Great date night idea!!

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