Guinness and Bacon and Cheese Meatloaf

I bet you're jealous! Cassandra and I made this over the weekend. It's awesome and is going to last us a few days. It's groundbeef with caramelized Guinness onions wrapped in bacon and covered in a Guinness, honey, brown sugar glaze.

It's delicious, and was hard to wait for, we got so hungry the house smelled like sweet bacon. It took so long to bake because we put all 2lbs of beef together rather than make 2 loaves, sorry Cassandra.

The recipe is here: http://www.thegalleygourmet.net/2012/03/guinness-and-cheddar-meatloaf.html

Middle Cove Beach in March

Middle Cove Beach in March
Originally uploaded by The Tedster
Today was a good day to take some pictures. I almost froze my fingers off because I spent so much time running around. I was lying on rocks on the beach trying Depth of Field stuff, people probably thought I was a little odd. A lot of people would come around with their DSLRs though, it's a popular spot. I also decided to take a few icicle pictures which I think turned out well.

Cassandra's Birthday Party

Cassandra's Birthday Party
Originally uploaded by The Tedster
Cassandra turned 26 at the end of February and while she was away I planned to have a bunch of people over for tea when she got back. We had a good time, I tried some smokey tasting Lapsang tea, which smells great, just like a campfire and tastes good too. I also made Cassandra a Banana cardamom cake for this occasion with browned butter frosting which tasted so good no one said anything for a few minutes. I also got her a yellow tea pot to suit the occasion.
Cassandra found the recipe on foodgawker, Banana cardamom walnut cake with browned butter icing. http://bobvivant.com/2011/11/18/unfriendly-skies-and-a-banana-cardamom-cake/ .

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