This dinner was incredibly delicious but also amazingly simple, and the perfect way to celebrate a random 85-degree day in March. You can read more about the meal and get the recipe here.

So, I can only take credit for the fruit salad portion of this meal…for St. Patrick’s Day last week we went over to my aunt’s house for a traditional Irish meal of corned beef, cabbage, and mashed potatoes. Good cooking runs in the family, so everything was super delicious as always.

When we made our own gnocchi a few weeks ago, we froze a few extra uncooked servings – first on a cookie sheet to prevent from sticking together and then, once frozen, put them in a freezer bag. When we defrosted, I wasn’t thinking and didn’t separate them first, so we had a gooey mess and ended up reforming most of them, BUT, they still cooked up perfectly. For sauce, I just used a can of this pizza sauce; I heated it in a skillet with some minced garlic and olive oil, then added the gnocchi for another minute once it was cooked to coat with sauce. This was a super easy, comforting weeknight meal – I would definitely freeze homemade gnocchi again!

This past weekend was another perfect one for grilling, so on Saturday night we grilled up some pre-cooked shrimp and some slices of bread. Grilled bread is great on its own or with butter, but we picked up some spreadable boursin cheese (I can’t be trusted around that stuff so we don’t buy it very often) which made for a delicious combo. We had a simple spinach salad alongside the meal.

this week: Little sister is staying with us this week during her spring break, so dinners will be whatever she makes us (just kidding, Hannah, if you’re reading this). We made a big chicken pasta dish yesterday that we’ve got leftovers from, but other than that, we’re kind of playing it by ear this week.