smitten.

i am smitten with smitten kitchen. all of her recipes are easy-to-make and categorized by ingredient, just like the farmer john cookbook, which continues to be my favorite even after 3 years.

i had the student council girls over for dinner, and made a feast. a feast! including, but not limited to (because i can't remember and because i made so many things.):

• spring rolls with peanut sauce.
• pesto pasta salad. cold, with whole tomatoes.
  
• fruit salad of blackberries, strawberries, nectarines, and apricots.
• hummus and carrots.
• grilled cheese.
• roasted potatoes.
• homemade margherita pizza.
  
• apple cake. (well, apple cupcakes, tina's recipe.)

i made the pizza for the first time on that day, which is crazy. a person should not try new recipes on the day of a dinner party. but it worked! it was so easy that i made the recipe (courtesy of smitten kitchen) again later that week for courtney. yes.

and last night, i made the rhubarb-strawberry crumble, as we received 4 stalks of rhubarb in the csa share last week. delicious. and easy.

i love her, that smitten kitchen.