Such a pretty cabbage! That looks like a picture on a seed packet!

T

Thanks Trudi!
Its from one of those ten cent american seed packets, I have had good luck with their cabbages.

Dollar Store seeds rock!

Oh my gosh...I thought I was the only person that always had dirty feet and had to wash them before going to bed!

Nice plants. This may be a dumb question but, just how do you make pesto?

Melba

UTME, can I come to your house for dinner? Good work! I have WS lettuce, but that's it so far - my peas are just coming to blooming stage, and parsley & basil are still pretty tiny.

Melba, there are lots of different recipes for pesto. The essential ingredients are basil and olive oil; mine includes parsley, parmesan cheese, garlic, and pine nuts. A lot of folks substitute spinach for the parsley. Looks like UTME may use scallions in hers.

The basic recipe I have always used is basil (especially the big, fragrant genovese), pine nuts, olive oil, parmesean, and salt. Some people add all kinds of herbs or substitute walnuts for pine nuts. It freezes really well. I usually make a big batch at the end of the summer an freeze it in ice cube trays, then stick the cubes in bags or containers. There's not a faster meal than pesto pasta or chicken, and it tastes like summer in the middle of winter!

Here is my basic recipe for pesto. Drippy, the last picture is garlic and I pretty much double what this recipe calls for. I also usually substitute walnuts for the pine nuts and have never used brazil nuts, I have just added more walnuts or tried some other nut like SF seeds or cashews, they are all good, but I think I prefer walnuts. I also season mine with salt and pepper to taste.
PESTO
INGREDIENTS

* 3 cups chopped fresh basil (I don't chop it before I put it in the processor...whats the point?)
* 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
* 1/2 cup pine nuts
* 1/8 cup Brazil nuts
* 2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
* 2 tablespoons minced garlic
* 1/2 teaspoon chili powder

DIRECTIONS

1. Place the basil in a blender. Pour in about 1 tablespoon of the oil, and blend basil into a paste. Gradually add pine nuts, Brazil nuts, Parmesan cheese, garlic, chili powder, and remaining oil. Continue to blend until smooth.

Make some and it is OH so YUMMY! I also freeze some, but found ice cube trays to be too difficult. So now I use an ice cream scoop and put scoops on a cookie sheet to freeze. Then I bag them up in a ziploc. I had fresh pesto all through January and now I have it again!
Enjoy,
eyeballs: who is currently eating last night's leftovers and whose feet will soon be dirty because she just spent her play money at the nursery!

UMMMM...those recipes sound yummy. I will have to try making some. I love pesto but my husband won't eat pasta.

Melba

icotte: my hubby doesn't like pasta either, but with three small kids he sometimes has to give in because they of course love it.
Pesto is awesome on chicken and salmon, but my favorite way to eat it is to put a little cream cheese on a slice of whole wheat or a crusty bread, then a slice of yummy wintersown tomato and then spread some pesto on the tomato. Toast it in the oven and it is mouth watering good. It also works with mozzarela cheese
Pesto is yummy in a sandwich or wrap too. oh wait I think its good on almost anything I love it so much.