Dinner At Maxine's.

I'm back home on the Outer Banks and am presenting Maxine's and my dinner I prepared Sunday night.
Sit back and enjoy.

I found these huge artichokes at Harris Teeter.
I haven't had artichokes since ... forever.
And I found out Maxine loves artichokes too.
She was very happy to see these in my grocery bags.

I steamed them for about an hour.
Until they were tender and the leaves pulled off easily.

I bought tuna steaks, salted and peppered them, and let them come to room temp.

Heated up the iron skillet, added olive oil and butter, then the tuna.

Maybe 2 - 2 1/2 minutes on each side.

Then I added some Chardonnay to deglaze the pan.

And just a tad more wine since I didn't think the steaks were quite done.

I had some butter/white wine/lemon/orange juice/caper sauce left over from the other night.
I decided to add some green olives.

Nuked it.
It was quite tasty.

Maxine had some red grapes in her fridge, so I sliced those and chopped some green onions.

Here's my roasted red pepper/shrimp sauce leftover from the other night.

My leftover pineapple salsa.

This is Maxine's chandelier over her dining table.
Isn't it beautiful?

Artichoke. Check.

Tuna steaks with red grapes and sliced green onions.
Check.

Coconut shrimp. Check.

Maxine. Check.

Rosie. Check.

No tablescape. Check.

Our plates.

Artichoke going into butter/lemon/paprika.
Wonderful.

No words were spoken throughout the meal.
Just "Mmmmmm .... Ohhhhhhhh ... Ahhhhhhhh ... Ooooooh .... Mmmm."

My children hate it when I do that.
"OPEN your eyes, mama. Stop that."

Maxine declared this meal "orgasmic."

We finally finished and even though neither of us smokes, I asked her if she wanted a cigarette.
It seemed fitting.