Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Today the Sunday Funday group is celebrating romance for Valentines' Day. Thanks to Stacy of  Food Lust People Love , Sue of  Palatable Pastime , Rebekah of  Making Miracles , and Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  for coordinating this low-stress group. Today Rebekah is hosting and she's given us the following prompt: Happy Valentine's Day! Today let's celebrate romance. Serve up a dish that would be a part of your perfect romantic meal; this includes drinks and appetizers. Here's the line-up of how the #SundayFunday bloggers are celebrating Valentines' Day... Beet-Kissed Savory Goat Cheese Truffles by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Chocolate Chip Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies by Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice Chocolate Dipped Strawberries by Amy's Cooking Adventures Grilled Grapes & Paneer Sticks by Sneha's Recipe Salmon with Peach Salsa by Making Miracles Strawberry Almond Crumble by Food Lust ...

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Quail & Olive . Complimentary product was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. However, all opinions expressed here are my own.   I am a sucker for anything pink, especially food...and especially around Valentines' Day. But, really, the color just makes me smile all year long. So, when Farmer Jamie of Serendipity Farms posted photos of some Italian radicchio she had available, I texted her immediately and ran over to meet her in a parking lot to exchange. My son joked, "Mom, you're like a vegetable junkie." Okay, there are worse habits, right? Look at these! They are gorgeous and delicious. So, you'll be seeing more recipes with these soon. But I started with a simple salad that was pink on pink on pink. All hues of pink!  I love supporting local businesses and this salad has the radicchio from Serendipity; beets and red onions from Robina's Organics ; and because radic...

We don't typically eat out for Valentines' Day. But, when I saw that Il Grillo was taking reservations, I thought: well, my three guys do love Il Grillo... as do I.   So, I clicked a few times, received my confirmation email, and announced to my three that we had a dinner date! As always, Jay took good care of us.We even got to meet his wife, Anne, as they were having a working date night. Jake and I started with flutes of Prosecco. Every celebration is better with Italian bubbles.  Cin cin! I brought some sparkling rosehip juice for the boys. Cheers! The polpo piccolo piatto  is always a favorite. This time it was stewed in braised tomato and served with olives and capers. Jake actually didn't share this time around. But it looked delicious. The boys and I wanted to try some new things. So we ordered the calamari small plate, tender rings served with cicci  (garbanzo beans) in a spicy tomato broth. D is sensitive to gar...