Simple pasta is the best pasta

Whole wheat bow-tie pasta, roasted vine-ripened tomatoes, freshly grated parmesan cheese, pepper, salt and a sprig or two of rosemary to make it fancy.

Fresh strawberry-banana smoothie

These fresh fruit smoothies are yet another one of Tobi’s beautiful creations, this time in drink form and trying out two of our special straws we got for the wedding!

He made these on Sunday and woke me up from a nap on the couch to surprise me with this special treat. The mint was also an extremely nice touch. And boy, do I love those straws!

One of the best things about spring has been eating fresh fruits and vegetables more often. Salads are back in the menu rotation, and fresh herbs are finally back as well. We even had to buy another planter box to accommodate our growing number of herbs. This year, we’ve added mint to the mix, as well as coriander, parsley and basil. Like last year, we have rosemary, thyme, sage and oregano. Yum!

Tobi’s cooking

His cooking creativity struck again, and here are a few delicious things that came out of it:

fresh cod from our Easter road trip in curry sauce with rice

The chef himself, putting the finishing touches on the sautéed fennel, lamb, and peanut pesto

 And some delicious chocolate bark he made for some friends’ birthday parties. Dark chocolate bottom with nutella and raspberry or fig jam (2 different batches), topped with chilled mint leaves and thin chocolate chunks, and drizzled with white chocolate and drizzled with white chocolate. (And naturally a bit of chili in it to make it a bit spicy!) Words cannot express how delicious this was!