Pictures From Last Week

Leftovers from this dinner

All of the remaining pictures will be from this meal.



The pile of basil and oregano -- I already chopped the rosemary, it was a 4" stalk.



All of the herbs chopped and ready to go into pasta dough.



A little comparison between the hand sliced and the machine sliced pasta. Guess which is which.



A nice pile of pasta!



Frying the garlic scapes in some olive oil.



The chard all chopped and ready to be briefly sautéed.



My ghetto pasta drying station.

There are no pictures of the final meal, but after sautéing the chard until it wilted, I tossed the drained pasta with the veggies, olive oil and a little of my homemade ricotta.

I also have about 1/3 lb. of my pasta remaining -- soon to be cooked!

Birthday Dinner Party

Since the boys totally went all out on the dinner they made us M and I decided that Something Must Be Done.

(Apparently also, M's boyfriend keeps making that stew and going "you'll never top this.")

So, here is the fabulous Italian inspired dinner to whup the boys' French inspired dinner:

Course One: Antipasti platter
Course Two: Pasta with garlic and oil (we'll probably get a really awesome looking pasta)
Course Three: Sliced strawberries and kiwi in a fun design
Course Four: Braised beef with a wine and mushroom sauce, topped with fried onions
Course Five: Steamed fresh sugar snap peas with lemon juice
Course Six: Biscotti, espresso, sambucca

We'll also have little Petit Four holding the place cards at the table (since M does love her little desserts).

We're going to WIN. :-D