Flowers, A Recipe, and A Nap

We had a nice weekend around here. On Saturday we made a trip to Lowe's and got flowers for our yard! We missed the memo that everyone else would be shopping for flowers too, but we still got lots of pretty stuff! Here are all the things we bought.

And here they are planted in our pots!


I wanted to plant some herbs, so we bought thyme and basil, and then I planted seeds for chives, cilantro, and dill. Hopefully the seeds will come up!

Someone had a really good nap on Saturday.....


I decided to make some pasta last week, and I pretty much made up the recipe. I made the sauce similar to an alfredo recipe I had made before, but made several changes. It tasted really good.

Pine Nut Alfredo Pasta

Angel hair pasta
1/4 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 stick butter
3/4 cup cream
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
1 tsp parsley
Pine nuts

Cook pasta according to box. (you could use any type of pasta, we just like angel hair). In a skillet, saute onions in about 1 tbsp of butter. When they are starting o soften, add the garlic. When the onions are softened, add the rest of the butter, the cream, Parmesan cheese, and parsley. Allow to simmer a few minutes and melt the cheese. Add the pine nuts and cook a few more minutes. Toss with cooked, drained pasta and serve. Top with some extra Parmesan cheese.

The nuts in this give it a nice slight crunch. I love the flavor of pine nuts. You could make the recipe without the nuts also, and it would still be yummy!