Tonight's aperitivo includes fresh organic strawberries, juicy orange wedges, cucumbers marinated in white balsamic and mustard dressing and risotto cakes with homemade marinara sauce.
For dinner we're having Farfalle Medie ai Funghi (Bow Ties with Mushrooms) from Viana LaPlace's Pasta Fresca cookbook and Artichoke Ragout with Garlic, Saffron and Orange Zest from a new cookbook my wonderful husband surprised me with on Sunday morning - New Flavors for Vegetables from Williams Sonoma.
Still gaga over my bedroom makeover. Susan and Pam are miracle workers!
Caio Bella!
The artichoke ragu sounds really delightful. I'm sure this ws a lovely meal.
ReplyDeleteWonderfully expressed through words and a photograph as expected from my friend Ann Marie.
ReplyDeleteCarol
Yum! What a fabulous meal.
ReplyDeleteOh me! Oh my! Oh Mercy! ,-) I'm so glad you found my blog and left a comment. [Betcha' you found me babbling on Dear Jenny's Blog.]
ReplyDeleteBut anyway, what a heavenly place you live in. With a precious name... Frog Hollow Farm. An old stone farmhouse, originally built in the 1860's! Be still my heart! With the pond and the woods and...... Heavenly! I've been having great fun skipping around in your blog and loving it. [You may be new at this Pretty Blog Land business, but you are already a pro!
I'm so happy for you, that you are really enjoying your retirement. And can't wait to come back and visit and see more of your blogging.
Gentle hugs,
'Aunt Amelia'
And thank you so much, for not making us do that *dreaded* Word Verification, in order to comment here! If by chance, you do find *&%^^%$# SPAM trying to sneak into your comments, please consider simply putting Comment Verification setting on. No more SPAM!
ReplyDeleteMy feeling is that we all read our comments. With Comment Verification setting On, I just happen to read my comments, on my Dashboard, before I Publish them. This way, I can discard SPAM. It never gets in my comments. Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd... I don't make my Dear Readers do that *dreaded* Word Verification thing. :-)
Just a thought... And a thank you!
Gentle hugs,
'Aunt Amelia'
A sweet, sunny hello to you Aunt Amelia, I so appreciated your comments. Thanks for the guidance on comment moderation - I used to have the 'dreaded' word verification but noticed that many established blogs don't use it, and I felt it was kind of obnoxious (please don't be angry with me all you word verification bloggers!) I did go back into my settings and put 'Comment Verification' to the on setting. Ciao Bella!
ReplyDeleteHello. Thank you for stopping by Amuse-bouche for Two. So glad to have found your blog. Roosters, tulips, risotto cakes...we have much in common. :)
ReplyDeleteBella darling I am coming over for supper, this looks too delicious to pass. I'll bring tea and cake.
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Duchess
Hi Ann Marie, This menu looks and sounds absolutely wonderful. How fabulous is this New Jersey weather! We are planning on leaving soon for another week so I was happy to be able to get back to blogging while I'm home for a couple days.
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xoxo
Marie is still away in France, I'll arrange something when she returns. We will also be away for a week in April.
Sounds wonderful - enjoy your trip, glad you could fit in some blogging while you were home. It's really kind of addicting, isn't it???
ReplyDeleteI just found your BEAUTIFUL blog. Any blog with Farm in the name draws me. Hope you can come by for a visit to my farm.
ReplyDeleteYour blog looks so wonderful
ReplyDeletethanks for leaving such kind words about my Buddy
it means alot to me....
as soon as i can get it together i look forward to looking through your blog...it is beautiful
Fondly,
Kary
xxx
Ann Marie, I love your blog! It's fun catching glimpses of your house, it's so charming. And the food. . . . YUM!:) I'm glad we 'found' one another in Blogville (and FB, too).
ReplyDeleteSo glad to find your blog. Look forward to visiting again. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteHi! Well, as I was scrolling down to leave a comment, I learned a thing or two on comment moderation! I'm not all that computer savy so I typically ignore my settings BUT I did turn off my word verification AND made sure that comment moderation was ON! Very helpful! ; )
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for stopping by! I always love to meet fellow farmhouse dwellers. Your old stone farmhouse is just beautiful. And your property with its pond, gardens and woods sounds absolutely heavenly. Now I'm off to read more! Trina
This all looks so wonderful. Your risotto cakes look especially fabulous. There are so many opportunities with vegetables. I keep finding myself using more and more vegetables and less and less meat. I'm sure this ended up being a very happy evening.
ReplyDeleteSweet greetings Denise, yes, I'm glad you noticed that I have been trying to use less meat in my meals. My husband's cholesterol numbers were out of the ballpark so I needed to begin thinking about alternative meals. I'm actually liking the change quite a bit! Thanks for stopping by.
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