butternut things

Last night, Blake and I went out to dinner.  While dining, we realized that they last time just two of us went out on a dinner date was the week before Thanksgiving.  Romance FAIL.  jk, we manage to keep love alive in spite of the fact that our actual 'dates' are rare these days.  We do other fun things like go on walks, sit next to each other on the couch with our laptops on each of our laps, and do the dishes together.  whew... HOT!

So, back to dinner.  Blake ordered roasted duck (typical) and it was awesome!  I ordered butternut squash ravioli, and it was similarly amazing.  It was served in a cream sauce with big shavings of salty parmesan cheese, caramelized onions, and what (at first) looked like craisins sprinkled over top.  Luckily, they were NOT craisins, but actually dried cherries -- mmmmm.  The flavor of the cherries worked well with the butternut/cream/parm/caramel-onion goodness.  I quite enjoyed it.

So, this morning I ran across a recipe on Sweet Paul with the same flavor idea.  And a pretty picture to go with:

Butternut squash soup with cranberries and pumpkin seeds

Head on over and chup it out.

And do share... what are you eating this weekend?