Oh March… you may be only a calendar month, but you sure feel like a season unto yourself. You bring sun and snow, sleet and rain, crocuses and 4 leaf clovers, warm days followed by freezing ones, longer days but darker mornings. Granted, I no longer live in Maine, where March truly can be an evil extension of winter, even if spring technically arrives in just 2 days. But, in Los Angeles we’ve seen our fair share of rain this winter… so much so that last weekend, with the first taste of warm sunshine on my face, I headed to the garden center and may or may not have bought enough colorful annuals to plant a football field.
Regardless of where you live, you will inevitably have at least one more chilly wet day this spring… and Penne alla Norcina is the perfect supper to make when you do. It’s beyond satisfying, with creamy penne and hearty sausage. But thanks to the peas, it also has a decidedly fresh and light feel.
Speaking of peas… I always have a bag of Trader Joe’s petite green peas in my freezer to throw into anything I’m making that needs a little oomph of green veg. But my colleague Maegan finds them completely useless — and always pushes them aside on her plate like a toddler. 😂 Meanwhile, my colleague Piper always adds extra peas and her actual toddler gobbles them up! Where do you stand on team pea?
Wishing you a happy and delicious first day of spring!
