Today is the first day of Spring... at least by what it says on the calendar. The backyard is still covered in a blanket of crusty white... the streets are lined with piles of dirty snow. BUT... Spring will come - right!?!?
We pushed the thought of Spring forward in our cooking club gathering - lots of green colors, flavors of lemon and fresh flavors. Another flavorful evening filled with plenty of good conversations and many laughs.
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| Asparagus and cheese frittata |
Jeanne brought a yummy asparagus frittata cut into little pizza like wedges - great way to kick off the night. Nina and Betty both brought soups... green soups... but both so different and delish! Betty brought a warm zucchini and cheddar soup with these amazing homemade croutons that just soaked up all the flavor.
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| Zucchini cheddar soup |
Nina brought a cold
spring pea soup.... served with crunchy
prosciutto bits, chives and this amazing spicy harissa oil that just added the right zip to the cold soup.
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| Spring Pea Soup |
Denise brought grilled shrimp and an spring salad (filled with feta, olives, bite size tomatoes and plenty of greens) with a clean crisp salad dressing.
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| Grilled Shrimp |
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| Fresh spring salad |
Betty brought a zucchini casserole - warm and delicious. Creative ways to use up all that zucchini you have late summer!
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| Zucchini casserole |
I brought lemony chicken piccata and and garlic & cheese orzo.
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| Lemony Chicken Piccata |
Cindy made crispy snap peas and sautéed asparagus. Just yummy!
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| Asparagus |
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| Sautéed Sugar Snap Peas |
Doesn't this look like a yummy plate of food.
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| Dinna! |
And for the grand finale.... Angi brought lemon bars with a meringue toping. These were the epitome of SPRING. Lemony - sweet - light - tart.... really good.
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| Lemon meringue bars |
Another great evening with my cooking club girls... thank you all for making this work! We missed you Jen and Rita. Hopefully in April we will all be together.
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| Cindy, Betty, Denise, Jeanne, Nina, Angi and Jen |
