Monday, May 23, 2011

May happenings

The month of May has come and is passing by, bringing sunshine, thunderstorms, new growth and much needed greenery to Minnesota.

This is how the mulberry tree looked like 2 weeks ago:










... here it is today



With lovely fragrant lilac










The microgreens are growing












I made a few "green" items in my kitchen recently:

Spinach lasagna with Bolognese cream sauce (I followed Marcella Hazan's recipe for a pillowy, delightful 7-layer lasagna that is unlike the 'typical' chunky meat-and-Mozzarella-and-Parmesan one)...













...and lemon-thyme-lavender cookies