Lemon Pound Cake

My generous neighbor recently traveled to California, and upon her return gifted me with several home grown Meyer lemons. After some consideration, I made Lemon Pound Cake. The lemons (I also used twice the amount of juice and zest) really made a difference. I also baked it in loaf pans for ease, and it came out moist and lemony and delicious. I would have taken a picture, but we ate it all up. Yum.

In other news, my sister and niece arrive here from down south tomorrow afternoon. We are really looking forward to a (somewhat) relaxing visit! I figure the ratio of kids to adults is better at 4:2 than 3:1 any day. I can't wait.

Pasta

Last night I made a new dish, Lemon Penne with Arugula. Wow, it was great! A nice, filling meatless dish. It's very lemony and you have to be a fan of arugula, but Bryce and I loved it. I can't say as much for the kids, but they picked the pasta out from between the vegetables anyway. I took a few short cuts to make for less dirty dishes, but followed the recipe closely. Yum. It felt good to try something new.

Later that evening, I was sitting on the couch. Nursing the baby and trying to clip Porter's toenails at the same time. And then Molly climbed on my shoulders, and I thought, yes, this is my life. New recipes notwithstanding.