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Quarenta y Uno Años

One of our favorite San Diego restaurants is Café Sevilla down in The Gaslamp. We loved going there for tapas and sangria.

This year for Jay’s birthday I wanted to put together a small Spanish inspired celebration.

On the menu:

Sangria

Manchego with Brown Butter & Honey

Paella

Café con Leche Flan

When it comes to sangria, I think less is more {not drinking less, but less ingredients!}. There are some complex recipes out there, but in my opinion the simpler ones are just as delish.

{Thanks, Hollie for supplying last night’s beverage!}

I wanted a quick and easy tapas style appetizer and came across the manchego recipe from Ty Flo {Tyler Florence}.

Soooo good!

I made paella on Valentine’s Day almost 5 years ago and Jay’s been asking me to make it ever since.

So glad I found this recipe because I will make it more often now. You can also add mussels or clams…I just used chicken breasts, pork chorizo and shrimp.

Last year when we were celebrating Jay’s 40th in Vegas, we went to Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill and had the café con leche flan for dessert. It was out of this world! Mine was obviously not as good, but not a total failure….I cooked the caramel a little too long in the beginning, but the custard part was fine. I also used a square pan rather than the standard round cake pan {because seriously, how does the flan know if it’s round or square?}

It was a little ghetto-tastic, but I look forward to perfecting my skills down the road…

And it’s not a party until someone dresses up as “Santa Tiana”…

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I hope you enjoyed your Spanish feast, Babe!

May all your hopes and dreams come true on your way to 42.

XOXO