Lovely Lucious Lemons!

Our good friend (Matt's oldest friend) Kendra came for a visit tonight with her sweet baby boy Owen.  He is just about a month old...and SUPER cute!!!!!  So we had her stay for dinner.  I went to my old friend The Vegetarian Student Cookbook for some inspiration.  I made the most AMAZING pasta dish - and plan to make it again and again!  I have been trying not to post the recipes from this book because I am not sure of the rules about copyright but I MUST share this one.  I will put it in my own words....

-cook and drain spaghetti (I used linguine)
-while this is cooking heat olive oil with 3 cloves of garlic in it to infuse it.  Discard garlic after 3 mins.
-toss together pasta and oil with the zest of one lemon and fresh herbs.  I used basil, chives, sage and thyme.
-serve with real shredded Parmesan.

MMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!

I served it with lemon poppy seed cake.  It was a super fresh summer supper.  Great meal with great company!!!!

Amelia goes for her second last day tomorrow at Lamplighter.  I am sad and happy all at once.  I am so excited to have my little buddy home!!!!  Today she fell asleep on the couch watching a show.  I went to lay Ruby down for her nap and came back to the living room and I thought she was hiding (something she loves to do) because it was so quiet.  I looked over and this was how she was....

I am off to craft some headbands for photo props...I will share them soon =-)

5 Grateful....

-fresh herbs from the garden (SOON!!!!)

-baby toes

-visits from old friends

-second helpings

-knowing there is only ONE chapter left in the book you are reading