Pine nuts basil :

Hey Pesto!

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I ended up having to hand chop most of this because my blender gave up. 3 different types of home grown basil (including the infamous lemon basil), toasted pine nuts, garlic, parmesan cheese, olive oil and a splash of lemon juice. Definitely[...]

Caprese Salad

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So simple. It only looks complicated because it's beautiful. 1. Little tub of marinated mozzarella 2. Camparini tomatoes (small, warm and still on the vine.... while I wait for my tomatoes to grow.) 3. Basil from[...]

Pesto Risotto

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Pesto Risotto Backstory   After returning from dinner on a recent Friday night with some friends, I showed them my blog. When they came to the post for my Italian Sausage, Red Pepper and Mushroom Risotto recipe, my wife repeated that[...]

The Presto Pesto!

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Ready to spice up your sandwich or pasta? This super quick, easy, and extremely tasty Pesto will rock your socks! I don't have a fancy-shmancy food processor {again, taking donations}... but I do have something similar. It's sort of an[...]

Tasty pesto morsels

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My mum?s greenhouse is a veritable jungle of green at the moment. There is a peach tree, a small hedge of tomato plants and numerous other pots of things growing here and there, including some basil plants. I went in yesterday to see what I could[...]

Hey Pesto…..!

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I bought a couple of bags of fresh basil today as a friend who is a vegetarian was coming for dinner and as a fan of all things Italian decided to make pesto. There is no comparison to the store bought stuff, and considering it takes all of[...]

Italian Pesto Recipe

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Photo credit : _e.t Italian Pesto Recipe (Serves 3-4) Ingredients 25g fresh basil leaves 2 juicy garlic cloves 25g pine nuts 150ml extra-virgin olive oil 50g Parmesan cheese, grated finely (optional) Method 1 Place the[...]

Welcome Spring Salad

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Sipping on my cappuccino this morning, I decided I am ready for spring, and the good news is that it is here....on the calendar anyway. Sunny temperate days are starting to become common as they coax the buds from their deep winters[...]

Trine?s Perfect Pesto

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I had this for din dins tonight, along with kale spouts and lettuce galore (shown below on Alissa Cohen’s book). I also used cabbage leaves to scoop up and enjoy the rest of my serving. The rest of the batch awaits me in the fridge! I think my[...]

Pasta, Pesto, and Peas

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This recipe is from Ina Garten and I "veganized" it. The changes are few, but I warn you, taste as you go! I played a little with the amount of oil on both the pasta and in the pesto.  And if you have a vegan pesto that you're crazy[...]