Shavuot 2011

Another great collaboration with my son  Motti.I started Sunday evening after returning form the Salute to Israel parade. Without a freezer in my basement I had to take a 2 step approach.I started my  getting my baking done Sunday evening  with 2 vegan cheesecakes one plain & the second one peanut butter chocolate,Tirimisu,carrot cupcakes.Than I decided to see if at least i could get a couple of dishes in the oven so I made  eggplant parm. & baked Ziti.After a very stressful  11 1/2 hour day at the  hospital i  decided to wait until i got home toady at about 12:30pm .the marathon began but i couldn't have gotten it all time with  my partner in crime  my son Motti.
So we made  an  avocado  tomatillo soup,cream of broccoli soup,my southwestern bean salad,a jicama salad(bobby flay)  Brussels  sprouts with mushrooms & onion,grilled vegetables,grilled salmon & talapia  Garlic & seville orange fish (taste of persia) and  swiss chard,saffron rice ,a pasta salad with grilled  asparagus (recipe to follow) roasted peach & mango ginger sorbet   & last but not least  creme  fresh.

Grilled asparagus  salad
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1 box of bow tie noodles
1 bunch of asparagus
2 carrots julienned
1 sliced thin red onion
 1/2 cup chopped parsley and baby arugula
salt & pepper to taste
1/4 cup  fresh  squeezed lime juice
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
 2-4 oz. of crumbled  chevre' or feta cheese
cook past as  directed on box ,rinse well grill asparagus allow to cool than cut in 2 inch pieces,toss all the ingredients together  serve with either crumbled feta or chevre' cheese