Cooking

My friend Vanessa came over today and we spent the afternoon cooking. We try to do it once a week, but we've been so busy with the holidays, this is the first time we've cooked together in at least a month. We made a Crunchy Mediterranean Salad and a Romesco Sauce served over whole wheat pasta.

I was able to use fresh broccoli, kale, parsley, and thyme from my garden for part of the salad! The salad also had kalamata olives, grape tomatoes, chick peas, and red onion. This is a close-up photo of a red onion since I forgot to take a photo while we were cooking :(

I really liked the Romesco Sauce which was made primarily of red bell peppers that we roasted. Steve wasn't quite as enamored with it though, so I guess it won't become a family favorite.