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 >>
Pasta Salad Recipe – Pasta, Pesto and Peas
Last month we had more fresh basil than we could possibly eat, so I went ahead and whipped up a big batch of pesto and froze my extra pesto in a mini muffin pan. Having pesto in the freezer and ready to go is escpically nice in the summer when I’m so busy in the Read More >>
Basil Walnut Pesto Recipe
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 >>
Garlic Scape Pesto
It was time to trim the scapes off of my garlic yesterday, and they smelled sooo good and garlicky that I brought them inside and whipped up some garlic scape pesto. It was super simple and quick—and man-oh-man is it delicious. Ingredients 10-12 garlic scapes, chopped into about 1” pieces 1/3 cup cashews 1/2 cup Read More >>
How to Freeze Pesto
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 >>