{January 9, 2011}

After 16+ years together, I had no idea that my husband loved crepes in the way that he does. But recently he started going on and on about me making him some crepes, but given I have 1.) never made them before, and 2.) do not own a crepe pan, I wasn't able to fulfill his request (re: badgering). I guess his craving became too difficult to ignore as he started searching for a place where he could partake of crepery goodness. Knowing that I had a similar, albeit far less strong craving for bubble tea, he was quite pleased with himself when he located a small shop that sold both crepes AND bubble tea. Huzzah! Over Christmas break we made the trek to Manchester and ate at Crepes Island where we all got our fill of both crepes and bubble tea. Then, while at the grocery store, I came across pre-made crepe "shells" which somehow found their way in to my cart. I also grabbed some frozen strawberries for Megan and I, as well as some Nutella for Ryan and Ian (and me). Later Ryan picked up some cream cheese and pointed me in the direction of recipes containing this favorite item of his (seriously I think he could live off of cream cheese). Today I whipped up filling consisting of cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, fresh lemon juice and zest, and crafted Nutella and Cream Cheese crepes, Strawberry and Cream Cheese crepes, and Nutella, Strawberry, and Cream Cheese crepes--all topped with whip cream, naturally. They were a hit although I don't think they were quite as tasty as the ones from Crepes Island. Next time I plan to make a sort of bananas foster style crepe and see how that goes. Today is the photo of my crepes--of which I only ate one and gave the other to Ian as they were quite filling. Mine consisted of Nutella, Cream Cheese, and Strawberries. Yum!

On to the pic...{click to view full size}