Risotto and Sonny Perdue

Today I am grateful that I woke up to Noel kissing me on the cheek as he was leaving.

Today Sarah, Cheryl and I went to the ribbon cutting of the MCG/UGA Medical School Partnership. It was not as much hot as it was extremely humid...and I immediately drenched the dress that Julie gave me. I have never gotten so many comments about a dress before. I am grateful to Julie for giving me some great new clothes. My whole outfit today cost about 5 dollars. That doesn't count the underwear...but you can't count that because underwear is expensive. I love this great dress that Julie gave me, bottom line.

This is a photo of Cheryl and I fake cutting the ribbon before the actual ribbon cutting.

I know my posts always involve food...but I love to cook. I found this recipe in a magazine and it was all about green food. Recipes for zucchini, pea soup and then this one were in the article.

Who can resist a big helping of spinach and goat cheese risotto made with vegetable stock and a touch of white wine? It reminded me of living in Italy again (I am grateful that my father thought study abroad important enough and sent me to live in Italy for 3 months). Tomorrow I will try the pea soup recipe. The zucchini one involves a bit more of a process...pastry puff and eggs and such. Too much work. Instead I just went with a second dinner of flatbread with pesto, Roma tomato, Parmesan cheese and onion. My favorite part of the recipe...when I got to crumble the goat cheese into the risotto. Yum!

Here is a photo of my favorite view in Italy. "Sigh."

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