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Spring Vegetable Parmesan Risotto

This week’s motto:  Life is too short not to indulge in delicious risotto.  And wine.  And crusty bread.  And quality seestor time.  Sigh.  My heart is full.  🙂

For those that know me, I’m not a planner.  Instead I’m more of a natural improvisor go-with-the-flow-er (that’s a technical term).  I take forever to decide what to order at restaurants, I overpack for vacations because I never know what kind of clothes I’m going to need (because I have no specific plans in mind), and I crave spontaneity but never know what I want to do.

After planning a last minute trip to visit my sister (aka my best friend in the universe) in Chicago, I knew that I wanted to cook her something she might not normally treat herself to in exchange for hosting my crazy self for a shenanigans-filled weekend.  That, of course, required a trip to the grocery store for staples – bread, cheese, and wine.  Thanks for being a trooper, Anna, and being willing to try something new.

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