Spring Forward…A Full Moon…& Pasta

Quiet the mind and the soul will speak-Buddha

Hello, sweet friend…

There is a physiological stirring that comes… (response to longer days and more sunlight.)

I see it as a Divine nudge.

One which is giving me the impulse to get outside…

with a renewed energy and a spurt of new Hope.

I don’t know exactly what to do and sometimes not even clear what to do next...

So I might be out in my garden planning…

or perhaps I do more exercise…during this time I even yearn for a bit of spring cleaning…

keeping busy with all the projects I have and see around me…

spending more time journaling…praying for guidance…a purpose…and direction I need to go toward.

🦋
A Spring Pasta

This Spring Pasta Salad is an easy pasta salad with sun dried tomatoes, peppers spinach, and olives tossed in a tangy dressing. This pasta salad is perfect for welcoming Spring!

Ingredients

• 16 ounce bowtie pasta cooked and drained in cold water
• 1 7 ounce jar sun-dried tomatoes in oil drained
• 1 red bell pepper diced
• 1 6.5 ounce can sliced olives
• 1 cup spinach
• 1/4 cup basil chopped
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

Dressing:

• 3/4 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons white vinegar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon dry oregano
• 1 teaspoon dry basil
• 1 clove garlic

Instructions

• In a large bowl combine pasta, sundried tomatoes, bell pepper, olives, spinach, basil, and parmesan cheese. Toss until combined.
• To make the dressing: In a small bowl whisk olive oil, vinegar, water, salt, sugar, oregano, basil, garlic and salt and pepper.
• Drizzle the dressing over the pasta salad and serve.