19 May – our middle son's 18th birthday. my work friend, Sue, saved the day with this recipe–http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/lemon-pasta-with-roasted-shrimp-recipe2/index.html
so good. so easy. so filling. I made it for three teenage boys/men + my husband and me and we did not finish the full recipe. I even used frozen shrimp.

update–so, while cleaning up the dishes, I realized I never added the lemon juice, just the zest! whoops.


update 2 (May 20) – wow, what a tired cook I was – in reviewing the recipes with friends this morning, I realized I never added the butter, either. 

pasta with roasted shrimp

spinach salad

bread
birthday cake 
espresso