Girly thoughts

With our crazy life schedules it is extremely hard to get together with my girlfriends so when we do we treasure the time we have. It's not often we waste our time going to a restaurant where it's going to be loud and in the end expensive. One of the greatest joys I have when we do get an evening together is cooking for them. I love to find something new and wonderful to try. This is the night when we don't worry about our diets or calorie counting or whether or not we earned that extra bit of wine or dessert. Tonight is no different...the one other joy I had preparing for this evening was getting to walk up to the downtown village area of the town I live in and indugle in the little shops and the farmer's market that happens every Thursday afternoon. To be able to choose my produce and smell the truly fresh odours of hand  picked herbs was absolutely heavenly. And then go to our local Italian deli for fresh parmesan and prosciuotto was exactly why I love to cook...tonight's menu..Risotto with asparagus, fresh English peas, the aforementioned deli finds and fresh seared scallops..followed by a banana cake with cinnamon icing...and I can almost guarantee there will be at least one or two bottles of wine consumed..all in all, a perfect evening with some pretty amazing ladies.