Cake = Dinner “Warm Up”

I love celebrating birthdays.

I especially love it when the birthday boy selects one of my favorite flavors of cake to enjoy as his birthday cake.

Ryan’s boss made a special trip to Cheeser’s Palace and picked up a red velvet cake for him to enjoy at work. Fortunately Ryan remembered my intense love of Cheeser’s cakes, and brought me home a slice to enjoy! I felt like it was my birthday.

I intended to wait until after dinner to eat this cake, but that didn’t happen. Let’s just say it was my dinner “warm up.” 😉

Dinner

For dinner this evening, we decided to stay in since we celebrated Ryan’s birthday at a nice restaurant on Saturday night.

Ryan often begs me to make BBQ meatloaf, so the decision as to what to make him for his birthday dinner was an easy one.

We let the meatloaf bake in the oven as we took Sadie on a 2.5 mile walk around the lake near our apartment. The weather was absolutely perfect and we wanted to enjoy the fresh air.

We came home to an apartment that smelled incredible.

I quickly roasted some asparagus and dinner was ready! This meatloaf is definitely a winner. If you’re skeptical about meatloaf in general, I’d give this one a go. I think it tastes a lot like a juicy BBQ burger.