OK WEATHER

I woke up today to the sound of light rain and a cool breeze then put on my robe and slippers and enjoyed my coffee on the front porch. I Freaking Love this weather! It warms up a bit then when the sun goes down Michael builds a fire and we eat on the back porch. Sunday night after a BIG Easter Lunch we weren't that hungry but needed something. I had some farm fresh asparagus I needed to use and made this Pizza.

ASPARAGUS RICOTTA PIZZA

the recipe of course says make your own dough...

we all know I'm the Sandra Lee of the group, so I used store bought.

1/2 Ib asparagus (thins spears or shave if thick)

1 Tbs. olive oil + more to drizzle

1/4 tsp salt + a lil more to taste

1/4 tsp pepper

1/2 c part-skim ricotta cheese

1 clove garlic grated or minced

lemon zest

Toss the asparagus with the olive oil, and s&p. Separately mix the ricotta, garlic and s&p. Scatter asparagus over the dough and dollop ricotta mixture on top. Bake pizza according to pkg. or your dough recipe (showoffs ;-) Before serving zest with lemon add a lil more s&p and a drizzle of olive oil. 

TASTES LIKE SPRING!

On Monday night, I took a cue from Steph's Fish blog and did Salmon with a Rum-Mustard Glaze. Michael doesn't typically eat Salmon but really enjoyed this version. (Brown Sugar, Honey, Butter, Spicy Mustard, Fresh Grated Ginger, Lime Zest, Olive Oil, and Rum) saute first 3 ingredients until melted then remove from heat and add remaining ingredients. Using individual foil packets to grill Salmon pour the Glaze over Salmon and seal. Grill over med heat about 20 min. 

Tonight I work late and don't want to fuss with dinner so I have a pork butt in the crock-pot for Pulled-Pork Tacos. This recipe is from Real Simple (another magazine pull-out of mine I'm making progress) and has cocoa powder in it with store bought salsa so we will see... Hey at least it's Easy ;-)