I made dinner and dessert for my daughter with her help. She will be turning 18 tomorrow. We made chicken etouffee and cheese cake. The Philadelphia cheese cake turned out perfectly. The etouffee was good except I made it too brown which altered its taste. I also used too much cayenne pepper. Chicken Etouffee is a french influenced Cajun dish that is rich and good. Adding an extra stick of butter to the sauce helped too.

For Valentine’s Day, my daughter gave me a box of candies. We have been having our troubles lately. She treats me poorly, particularity when I am giving her much needed advice. She thinks she has everything under control, except in never turns out that way. Oh well. She will have to learn the hard way.