Birthday, Basil, and Scone Deliciousness

Hey everyone!  Sorry for the sad lack of blogging...it's been pretty quiet around here lately.  Donovan's away for a few weeks and I really haven't done anything overly exciting. Regardless, here's a few highlights of the last week and a half. 

My birthday, even though the hubster was gone and I had to celebrate by myself.  It actually wasn't that bad.  I made a super yummy dinner of gnocchi with goat cheese and that sort of made up for the fact that Donovan was missing out.  Sort of. 

I even made some delish panna cotta for dessert. 

Yummy!  Seriously, this might be my favorite Italian dessert so far.  I'm in love.

Last week I also adopted a couple basil plants.  This is actually take two on the basil, my first attempt unfortunately didn't go very well.  I blame it on not watering it while we were in Croatia, but the truth is it was beyond the point of return before we left.  I just don't have much of a green thumb...every single plant we've ever had has died.  No joke.

I call them Lucy and Lola.  And if they die, I'm giving up on plants forever.  But, I'm happy to say, it's been a whole week and they're still looking healthy.  Maybe there's some hope after all!

Today I occupied myself by playing around with a recipe for Orange Scones that I tried a few days ago but wanted to make some changes to.  They were delicious the first time, but they were amazing the second time and even a teensy bit healthier.  Well, as healthy as a scone packed with butter and sugar can be. 

I will be back tomorrow to share the recipe with you all!  And once Donovan get's back next week hopefully we'll have some more exciting adventures to share!