A few months ago, Hungry Bear saw Gourmet's onion tart recipe and wanted to make it. She was reminded of an amazing leek tart that she had at Le Charm in San Francisco. We've seen a lot of nice looking leeks at the market, so she tweaked the recipe slightly and made a leek and onion tart.

We bought some beautiful leeks several weeks ago, but sadly, we accidentally let them rot in the fridge. Undeterred from this mishap, we bought some more leeks yesterday and Hungry Bear finally made the tart.

Last week, I planned on making a tomato based penne. But as we were grocery shopping, I saw a cheap can of crab meat (1 pound for $7.99). Since we are on a recession budget, I decided to give the canned crab a try. And the penne dish morphed into an asparagus crab pasta with leeks and mushrooms.

I tried to keep the pasta simple and make it a one pot dish... well two pots, you need another one to cook the pasta, but you get my point. After I sautéed the garlic, leek, asparagus and mushroom mixture, I gave it a taste and it was great by itself. I opened the can of crab and finally realized it was all claw meat... damn it! No wonder it was so cheap.