Spring

On the first day of spring, we didn't have a tea party for Maggie as planned. There was so much celebrating around her actual day that instead, we had cousin Eden, auntie, and uncle over for some burgers and relaxation.

With spring, we have a little garden planted and it is just starting to take off. Until it gets really hot (probably in June), we will be growing lettuce and arugula, kale, chard, spinach, beets, red cabbage, asparagus, cilantro, peas, and Italian parsley. I harvested some early shoots of asparagus this week. Michael also built me a potting bench near the garden and used walnut-colored stain on the wood. It turned out really nice. I'll post a picture soon.

Often at work people bring in yummy treats. This past week was a ton of homegrown Italian flat-leaf parsley. I grabbed it, then stared at it for a few days until I found the right recipe: chimichurri. The picture on this link does it more justice than I ever could. I used my food processer and then spooned it into an ice cube tray. A little messy but really yummy. I always guess with measurements when following recipes and I went heavy on the garlic, light on the extra virgin olive oil. I think it will be good mixed with pasta and meat. I'm going to try and convert Michael (not a parsley lover yet). Maggie had some on her pasta last night and she ate it up. I also brought home local cheese from work yesterday-two cream cheeses, one with garlic and herbs, and chevre. Yum!