Spring salad and pasta

Spring salad:

1. Rinse, dry and chop red leaf lettuce
2. Top with arugula
3. Quarter radishes & add
4. Slice baby cucumbers and layer
5. Slice spring onions, rinse and dry and scatter
6. Chop avocado and add
7. Chop hard boiled eggs and scatter
8. Top with smoked Gouda or hard cheddar as preferred
9. Drizzle with dressing of choice

Salads before adding cheese & dressing

Pasta:

1. Simmer jarred sauce for 1 - 2 hours to thicken and enhance flavors
2. Add chopped fresh oregano part way through 
3. Add  2 - 3 spoonfuls of capers

chopped oregano

The jarred sauce we used tonight

Oregano before chopping

1. Boil water & add about 1 tsp salt (to salt the pasta)
2. Add pasta & cook according to package
3. Drain pasta, combine with sauce
4. Top with fresh chopped parsley
5. Top with shredded aged Gouda as preferred

Kids pasta, ready to serve!

Clean plate club!

Clean plate club!

Clean plate club (well, almost!)