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An Irish Jig...

Orzo, Pine Nut, and Feta Salad

A couple of you have asked me for the recipe to the Orzo Salad I made at Vivian's birthday, so I thought I would post it here.

I also thought it would be a great idea for you guys to share some recipes on here. Please pass along any recipe that you think we would enjoy. I look forward to reading and eating them!


Orzo, Pine Nut, and Feta Salad


Yield: Makes 8 side-dish servings

Ingredients

• 1 pound orzo
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted
• 1 1/4 cups feta (6 ounces), crumbled
• 1 cup thinly sliced scallion greens
• 1 small container of grape tomatoes, halved
• Chopped fresh basil

Preparation

Cook orzo in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until tender, then drain well in a colander.

Whisk together lemon juice, oil, and salt and pepper to taste in a large bowl, then add hot orzo and toss. Cool orzo, then toss with pine nuts, feta, and scallion greens. Season with salt and pepper.

Cousins

What a great week, and what a great family. Here are the pictures I promised to share. (Anthony and Teddy are in one, too!)

Anthony's biennium

Happy Birthday O little one! Love, Mom

O Canada in New York

Franma the Enchantress summons a rainbow

More rainbow fun here.

RIP, Michael

This guy does a completely a cappella version of Thriller. I almost posted this a few weeks ago. I'm glad I waited.

Nadia's first trip to NYC

Oooooo, look at that!

Nadia is in love with New York. Despite being snotty and feverish, she totally digs our walks around the city...pointing at everyone and everything.

We had an amazing day with Paul and Janis touring the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. (Sorry about your head Paul!)

Then, on to Brooklyn for dinner with Tara, Monte and Vivian. (Seriously though, how cute is this little blue-eyed babe??? So adorable!)

Cousins Tara, Vivian and Brian in the back

Yesterday and today have been mostly filled with naps.

We'd love to get out to see Jaye, Matt and the beautiful kids as well as Peach...but with this snotosaurus, we may have to wait til the next trip. (I wrote more about our trip so far on my blog.)

Love you all!!!!!

First Steps

Vivian started to take some steps recently, and we caught some wobbly video of it.