Last night to be 20

This was my last meal as a 20 year old...how monumental. I was actually looking for something light after a big lunch, so I went for a salad and then an intriguing dessert. The salad was mixed greens with raspberry balsamic vinaigrette dressing and a nice sprinkling of walnuts and golden raisins. It was perfect.

For dessert I made an Emeril recipe. It was called Fig and Balsamic Syrup Mille Feuille. Now, do I have any idea what mille feuille means? Absolutely not. But did that stop me from making it? Never! It was pretty simple, it was puff pastry flattened and baked with cinnamon and sugar, and topped with the figs and some whipped cream. See, simple and yummy. I was inspired to make this dessert because I saw Emeril do it on the TV show and I had never tried making figs before, so it suddenly seemed new and exciting and thus a good idea. I'm a little skeptical about the flattened puff pasty step, because mine came out a little black on the bottom. That might have been due to baking pan inadequacy, it's hard to say...but I didn't hold it against them, I just chopped off the bottom layer and moved right along with the plating and eating of dessert. I liked the recipe a lot, it had three great textures and flavors all put together, and it was fun.