Felice Primavera!

Happy first day of Spring! Today, it was finally warm, sunny, and clear. I saw daffodils and drove with the windows down! Even though this also happens to be the one Thursday a month in which I have class from 8:00am until 9:00pm, I wanted to celebrate the start of the new season. In a divine alliance of fate, Moosewood has a recipe for pasta primavera sauce. It's less of an actual sauce and more like vegetables and pasta. The vegetables are specifically the earliest available spring veggies: snap peas and scallions. You can add optional leafy greens, but I chose not to because I wanted to keep it light. I used whole wheat spaghetti and also sprinkled in some parmesan cheese. It was a very quick meal. The longest time suck was waiting for the water to boil.

I am working hard to catch up on my recipe count. I have a big pile of leftovers to eat for the rest of the weekend, but I'm getting back on track. Honestly, leftovers are the biggest problem because I typically only cook for myself and I don't want to make a new meal if I still have a bunch of other stuff wrapped up in the fridge. I'm trying to just cook smaller portions to save food/money; Moosewood is great about listing serving sizes so I can reduce as necessary. But I also just feel like I should invite people over all the time and make them eat all this food.

It's kind of hard to believe that there's only about six weeks left in this semester! But anyway, I'm very happy that the weather is starting to turn and I hope it stays this way!