birthday dinner, part 2

for the life of me, I can't remember how I made my mom's pasta dish. I know it was lemon, parsley and parmesan cheese. it was delicious, but the details escape me. I'll play with that one and post it soon.

the salad on the other hand was mmmm...mmmm good. my original idea was to make a caprese salad [that's mozzarella, tomato and basil for the non-italian lovers out there], but the basil was looking terribly sad at the store. that did not stop the lady who elbowed her way up next to me from taking both packages of the brown and bruised herb as soon as a put them down.

but anyway, back to the salad.

I improvised and went with arugula, mozzarella and tomato. paired with a simple vinaigrette made it extra delightful.

grape tomatoes [or cherry, or cut up regular tomatoes]
1 ball of fresh mozzarella, cubed
1 package arugula
1 lemon
olive oil
salt and pepper

1. put arugula in salad bowl.
2. squeeze in lemon juice.
3. season with salt and pepper.
4. toss and leave it alone for a little bit.
5. drizzle in olive oil just before serving.
6. add tomatoes and cheese.
7. toss and serve.

so easy, but so good. this would be great during the summer. add more cheese, tomato and maybe a hunk of bread and you have a no-heat-in-the-kitchen dinner. who doesn't love that during an oklahoma july?