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The thing I love most about this blog…. Is the comment section. Last week I mentioned the basil was coming on like mad in the garden and that I was planning on whipping up a few batches of pesto for the freezer. I’ve always made pesto with pine nuts. A few of you mentioned that Read More >>
I headed off to The Home Depot early this morning to pick up a few supplies for the remodel {the HH and I are going to start working on the demo today} and would you believe while I was there I managed to put a few gardening items in my cart as well. 😉 Some Read More >>
After an awesome garlic harvest this year, I’ve decided to use some of it to whip up some Roasted Garlic Pesto. The roasted garlic gives this pesto an uh-mazing flavor, which tastes great over pretty much everything from pasta to chicken. Ingredients 4 cups fresh basil leaves 1/2 cup chopped pine nuts or walnuts {I Read More >>
Have you ever made pesto with walnuts before? It’s a great option if you are out of those super expensive pine nuts. In fact walnuts in pesto may actually taste even better. I just can’t decided. But on thing is for sure, basil pesto with walnuts, rocks! Ingredients 2 cups packed basil leaves 1/3 cup Read More >>
I know it’s hard to imagine, but if you make more pesto than you can eat, try freezing it. I like to freeze my extra pesto in my mini muffin tin. I use a 2 tablespoon scoop so the portions are all the same. Then I simply pop the filled muffin tin in the freezer Read More >>
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