“Fondue” Cedar Park, 2024
This year it was just Mariko and I for our traditional fondue. Bay is in New York, and Koa was busy so… more fondue for us! 😁
Valentine’s Fondue
“Fondue” Cedar Park, 2024
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“Fondue” Cedar Park, 2024
Valentines Fondue
“Fondue for Two” Cedar Park, 2023
One of our family traditions is a cheese fondue dinner for Valentines Day. I guess it’s somewhat popular here in the US, or at least it used to be. Anyway, this year it was just Mariko and I since both kids are away at school, so for the first time, we had mushrooms with our fondue. So yummy!
Earlier in the day, I went to pick up a bouquet of flowers, and the curbside delivery lady also gave me a single red rose (and a sparkling water). It’s maybe the first time I’ve ever received a rose from a girl! I mentioned this to my friend, and he said that he read that 95% of men only receive flowers at their funeral. I don’t know if that’s true, but it seem plausible. So it’s nice that I’ve joined the 5%. :)
Valentine’s Fondue
“Valentine’s Fondue” Cedar Park, 2022
Mariko and I enjoyed our annual cheese fondue dinner to celebrate Valentine’s Day, but this year it was just the two of us. Our oldest son is at university, and our youngest son had dinner with his girlfriend.
So it was a couple’s fondue dinner for the first time in a many years. Kids grow up so fast!
Even without the kids, it was a fun and delicious dinner. I am often just a little bit worried what life will be like as empty-nesters, but on each occasion where we find ourselves in that situation, it has been fine.
Valentines Fondue
“Fondue” Cedar Park, 2020
Tonight we enjoyed our yearly fondue! It was delicious, but we didn’t have the chocolate fondue for dessert. Just the cheese fondue main course, which is fine with me since I’m not a huge fan of sweets. Because we were pretty busy this year, our dinner table wasn’t fancy, but the food was delicious as always. 😊❤️
Fondue Dinner at Home
“Double Cheese” Cedar Park, 2019
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Tonight we had a wonderful fondue dinner at home. We have a family Valentine’s tradition to eat fondue, but because of Mariko’s schedule yesterday, we had to delay it for a night. But we definitely can’t miss our annual fondue dinner!
As always, we have two pots of cheese, one with wine for Mariko and I, and the other with no alcohol for the kiddos. Every year they try the “adult” fondue, and scrunch up their faces at the taste. “Horrible” was heard this time around. But eventually, I think they will prefer the wine and cheese fondue. Until that day, it’s all for Mariko and me!
The ingredients for dipping were simple this year, with a yummy chicken/spinach sausage, potato, broccoli, carrots, and homemade baguette cubes. It was a yummy dinner!
“Bread and Broccoli” Cedar Park, 2019
I hope you had a nice Friday!
またね～
Valentines Day
“Valentines Fondue” Cedar Park, 2018
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Tonight we celebrated Valentines Day as we normally do: by enjoying a yummy fondue dinner! I don’t know when we started this tradition exactly, but it’s been at least several years.
For the main course, we have two cheese fondues, one for the kids with no alcohol, and then the adult’s version which includes white wine. We use Emmentaler, Gruyere, and Cheddar, but I don’t remember which goes into which, but both are delicious! This year we had bratwurst, baguette cubes, apples, cauliflower, carrots, and potatoes for dipping. It doesn’t look like a lot of food when you put it on the table, but it is really filling!
For the dessert portion, we had a chocolate fondue with marshmallows, strawberries, bananas, and brownies.
I only had a little of the dessert (I was so full) but the chocolate/banana combo was super. 😍
I hope you had a nice Wednesday!
またね～
“Valentines Cat” Cedar Park, 2018
Late Valentine’s Dinner
“Late Valentine’s Dinner” Cedar Park, 2017
みんなさんこんばんは。How’s it going?
Tonight we celebrated Valentine’s Day (a day late because Mariko had to work last night) with our annual fondue dinner.
Mariko always prepares a yummy cheese fondue, with bread, sausage, cauliflower, and potato. This year, we also had asparagus, carrots, apple, and ravioli! In the photo, you can see there are two cheeses, one for the kids and one, with wine added, for the adults. 😄🍷
And after the cheese fondue is finished, we’ll have a chocolate fondue, with strawberries, banana, apple, and marshmallows. 😍 おいしかった！
I look forward to our Valentine’s fondue dinner every February, and this year’s version didn’t disappoint!
I hope you had a nice Wednesday.
またね～
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