What I'm Reading This Week #29
Howdy do all and welcome to your Friday. I hope your week treated you well and you're ready to recharge a bit. You know, when I started this gardening business, I had delusions of like, actually enjoying it maybe with my morning tea before the day got hectic. source Instead it's like the second the plants went into the ground, Mother Nature turned it to 11 and hasn't let up. The wall of humidity is ridiculous! I can't even go out to water or do something simple without looking like I was back on the chain gang for 8 hours. Or I get to see the 500th mistake I've made and end up ripping out my strawberry plants or moving other plants because they might be too close together. Watching my 4 puny tomatoes laugh at me as they choose not to ripen or grow while other people talk about mad harvests in which they can't pick them fast enough. I will say the bees have been making me happy out front. I was at the planter and one was working on a ...
Love pesto!! (Now I'll probably have to make some this weekend, thanks for the nudge!!)
ReplyDeleteGlad you joined the pesto revolution. It's yummy with walnuts as well as the traditional pine nuts.
ReplyDeleteIf you ever get garlic scapes (the flower part of the garlic), they are wonderful in place of the garlic.
We often omit the cheese in ours if we are going to use it as an ingredient in a larger dish (so it becomes just a nut-herb-oil paste).
Ari
I've never had pesto either. It look and always sounds good, but I've just never had it. Maybe I should give it a whirl, thanks for the recipe = )
ReplyDeleteLooks great! I've tried pesto a couple of times and love it but have never been brave enough to try to make it! Looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteMade spinach walnut pesto night before last--it was delicious!
ReplyDeleteWe buy the giant tubs of spinach from Sam's Club and any time it is getting near the expiration date I use it up in my spinach pesto.
Okay, now I have no excuse not to use the basil that is prolific in my garden! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteI have never tried pesto either, but always intended to. Now I have a good recipe to try! Thanks for sharing. I have had a pesto flatbread pizza at a restaurant here in town a few times and LOVED it, so I'm thinking I'm going to like me some pesto!
ReplyDeleteYep. 2 gasps. "What no pesto?" and "heyy did she skip garlic??"
ReplyDeleteYou are so in tune with your readers. :-)
You never had pesto? GASP! Although I admit, there are a lot of things that I've never had too that most people eat all the time--like coffee! :) Glad you finally got on the pesto train though!
ReplyDeleteYum!!! This looks delish. I can't believe you haven't had pesto before. Super craz, but I'm glad you got with the program! Go you! ;)
ReplyDeletePesto is one of those things I like in super small servings. A little goes a long way, if you know what I mean. It's kind of a shame, because it's fairly nutritious.
ReplyDeleteWishing you and the Mr. a wonderful weekend!
Never had pesto and although yours looks good, I am still not really motivated to try it. If I ever do, it will be without garlic. My husband eats enough garlic for both of us!
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ReplyDeleteI've never had pesto and although yours looks good, I am still not motivated to try it. If I do, it will be without garlic, so thanks for the recipe. My husband eats enough garlic for both of us!
Lol...I really did gasp at your first sentence (before I got to the part about the collective gasp-lol). I've read about your basil plants I guess I just assumed...your pesto looks amazing though...now I want some toasted (kind of like fried but without the stigma)polenta with a little pesto...it'll have to wait for another day though :). Can't wait to see what you have waiting in the wings to share with us :).
ReplyDeleteI DID gasp! LOL Who hasn't had pesto?!?!
ReplyDeleteI love it. It's one of my favorite things. I would much rather have pesto on pastas than a white or red sauce. I'm also happily growing basil in my garden to make my own!