Food and Friends

This last week has been overflowing with food, friends and quite alot of Rugby.  We have enjoyed lunch with friends in a crazy restaurant in th middle of nowhere, beautiful crountryside, waiters running from table to table and really lovely homely food in what looks like a workingmen's social club!!   I've been experimenting with more seasonal Tuscan recipes and have decided to stick to the vegetarian variety mostly as I feel healthier by far on a meat and dairy free diet.  Today found a totally gluten free shop in Poggibonsi - nirvana for me, fresh pasta stuffed with ricotta and spinich, cenci, fritelle, panatone, biscotti and grissini all gluten free - Hurray!!!

Spent this weekend indulging the boys watching Rugby both on TV and in Prato near Firenze, my boy is loving meeting proper professsional Rugby players - thank you to all those lovely big chaps for being so encouraging and patient with an obsessed 10 yr old.

Today took sneaky trip to plant shop whilst waiting for school to finish, returned home with Raspberry plant, Climbing Rose and Chicory & Bietola seeds - I love spring and welcome this week's spring equinox - bring it on!