spent last night with my amazing friends… to celebrate a birthday we went to De Luca’s Cooking School for dinner… we were lucky to have the birthday woman’s sister with us as well…

the demonstrations of the various courses by Chef Anna Paganelli were wonderful and the commercials by Tony De Luca were informative and funny…

we received all of the recipes and had them to follow along with during the preparation phase of each course…

my absolute favourite was the Farfalle with Vodka Porcini Cream Sauce… my oh my, was that ever delicious… 

a lovely treat and we all enjoyed it… might need to get a small bottle of vodka so I can make this… although whether it would taste as good is a question, lol…

tonight I made Tempeh Tikka Masala with heirloom carrots, whole wheat couscous and curry dressing… I am really enjoying the process of preparing the recipes from the ChefsPlate boxes…

first time I’ve had tempeh… still a bit unsure about how I feel about it but want to try it again…

my company tonight was this little ladybug…

happy to try new things… makes for special moments… and I continue to embrace those moments… hope you are able to as well…