Saint Paddy's Pesto Pasta

The only thing Saint Paddy about this pasta is that it's green. I made it a couple days ago and it is easy enough to make again on Saint Patrick's day to call myself festive.

Pesto Pasta
yields 6 servings

• 1 package bow-tie pasta 
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup pesto
• 6 ounce package frozen chopped spinach (defrost and then squeeze dry) 
• 1  freshly squeezed lime
• 3/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 
• 1 cup frozen peas (defrosted)
• 1/3 cup toasted pignolis
• salt and pepper to taste

1. Cook the bow ties in a large pot for 10-12 minutes, until al dente. 
2. Drain and toss the pasta with the olive oil.
3. In a food processor fitted with a steel blade, puree the pesto, spinach, lemon juice and mayonnaise.
4. Add the pesto mixture to the cooled pasta.
5. Add the Parmesan cheese, peas, and pignolis. Mix well and season to taste.
6. Serve at room temperature.

enjoy! 

Uprinting Canvas Print Giveaway

UPrinting sponsors this blog. 

They're fabulous and their products are fabulous.

I know because I use them. Have you seen my business cards? They're pretty fancy.

Today UPrinting is giving away a canvas print to one lucky reader. You want to print online your food photography? Cool, so do I. (you can print your cute kids, or cute dog, or cute significant other as well...whatever you want)

Rules: Leave one comment telling me what your favorite spring time dish is. I'm trying to build a menu for next month and could use some ideas!

1 comment per entry (18 years of age and older and U.S only). For additional comments you can follow, twitter, facebook, post, dance the shingles...you know the drill. 

The winner will be contacted via e-mail so make sure your comment links back to an e-mail address that works or leave your e-mail on the comment.

You have until March 20th to participate.

ready? set... go!

The Prize

1 16 x 20 Rolled Canvas

1 Business Day Turnaround

Shipping: FREE UPS Ground Shipping

Eligibility: Limited to US Residents only

Chiffon Cake with White Chocolate Honey Mousse

 This was my Birthday cake

it 

was

divine

!

I just had the last slice and now it will be eternalized on the blogosphere until I convince my husband to make me another one.

He used the Betty Crocker Lemon Chiffon cake recipe sans lemon and tube pan.

The White Chocolate Honey Mousse recipe is easy.

The raspberries on top are cheerful and remind me of summer.

I'm ready for summer (and my next birthday).

Birthday Giveaway

Today is my Birthday.

I want a sewing machine even though I don't know how to sew.

I want bar stools because I want one of those high tables.

I want one of these pretty-pretty camera bags to lug around my camera (naturally) and my macro lens, and tripod, and diapers, wipes, sippy cup, snacks and still look stylish.

But most of all I want to celebrate the day with people I love.

So Enzo is staying home from preschool and we're reading books.

Baby Maria is my snuggle bug.

Christian is taking me out for Sushi

and at night we're having a nice family dinner with my mom and sister.

I also want to celebrate the day with you my loyal readers who keep coming back to my blog and inspiring me to cook and work on my food photography.

I love you to the moon and back.

So to celebrate my 27 years of life I want to give you $27 to spend on cookware.com 

which I think is my new favorite site

because they have

EVERYTHING.

No joke.

Go check them out.

To enter leave 1 comment telling me what your dream cookware birthday present to yourself would be. Is it all the Le Cruset stoneware in the world? Is it this train pan that my toddler has been begging me to get him? What is it, I'm so curious.  

RULES

1 comment per person unless you want to follow, twitter, facebook, hop on one foot, do a back flip, and all that jazz. In that circumstance you can leave extra comments.

You have until Friday March 5th.  Open to U.S and Canadian residents only (sorry Brazil folks, sorry).

Winner will be contacted via e-mail so make sure your comment links back to an e-mail address or else leave your e-mail on the comment. 1 winner will be chosen randomly.

Ready? set... Go!

ps. I'm also doing another giveaway on another blog. It's silly but I'm ready to part-ay like it's 1983!

xoxo