Val's 50th Menu

The carrot gnocchi was really delicious and very easy.  I adapted it from a recipe from Marcella Hazan, who serves it with sage and butter and melted Parmesan.

The Watermelon Salad was Marcus Samuelson's recipe and it was a nice change from the usual feta mint watermelon salad.  In this recipe he uses capers, Harissa, sliced almonds, garlic, mint, parsley and tomatoes. He calls it Tomato Watermelon Salad with Almond Vinaigrette , but I called it North African Watermelon Salad just to be exotic...check out the recipe at Cookstr