I'm feeling pretty pampered right now. Yesterday was my birthday and we went out to eat all.weekend.long. It was pretty cool, I have to admit. I LOVE to cook, but in a way, eating out every now and then really makes me appreciate it more...does that make sense? Anyway, another hot weather week predicted here. Starting to make a "to do" list for Miss D's big day. This weekend tried my hand at royal icing drop flowers. No pictures, sorry. But I have to say it was successful. There was even enough icing left over to allow the kids to try their hand at piping, too!
Monday - Leftovers
Tuesday - Manicotti I love this recipe (I will make double the crepes and freeze for another time :), cheese toast, strawberry salad and for dessert - coeur a la creme (first time trying this recipe)
Wednesday -Pasta, pesto and peas
Thursday - Hamburger steaks with mushroom gravy and sweet potato oven fries
Friday - Grilled rosemary lemon chicken, grilled veggies, challah
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Stealing your ideas again! Doing manicotti (oven-ready) one night of Yom Tov and the bow ties with pesto (homemade from my own basil bush!) and peas the other...
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Thank you again for stopping by! We love pesto here and I make TONS of it every summer for the rest of the year. I hope you try it and like it too! My basil is bursting in the garden with all this heat, so I really needed to make it this week. For the pasta pesto recipe, my only alteration is that I use a bit of cream cheese (like half a brick, 4 oz) for the mayo (I am not a mayo person) and sometimes use fresh spinach instead of frozen. The heat from the hot pasta "cooks" the spinach a bit. I'm thinking after reading your Shavuos post, now I want to make FUDGE!!! I have a couple of jars of marshmallow creme in the pantry dying for some chocolate chips to melt :) Thanks for the idea! Can't wait to hear how the pesto turns out!
ReplyDeleteI am going to try the peas and pesto pasta. Sounds great. I like your idea of using cream cheese instead of mayo. I would love to use pesto more often but can't get my kids to eat it. :(
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sara! This is one of our favorite recipes and actually has been present at a couple birthday celebrations for the kids. I hope you like it, too!
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