PESTO

I've been putting a lot of my recipes on Allrecipes.com. I like Allrecipes because I can easily add recipes from the site to my recipe box, add my own private recipes, organize my recipes and print them in a variety of sizes. Very handy for all the recipe clipings I find in magazines and print outs from food blogs, I just enter them into allrecipes and label them as to try. 

Unfortunately, this means that I have less motivation to document recipes on my blog. I'll try to keep it up though because I really do like taking pictures of food :) 

Pesto is something that we would like to always have on hand in our household. When basil is in season we normally make a batch a week. It is so handy and delicious. Replace pesto for mayonnaise on sandwiches or just boil some pasta and toss with pesto, wallaaa!

PESTO

Pesto is very simple to make. 

1. Start off with a bunch of basil. You can usually find a basil in the refrigiorated section of your produce department. Place as much leaves as you desire in a food processor. 

2. Add a handful of freshly graded parmesean cheese. PLEASE use fresh parmesean and not bottled Kraft, (yes, mother, I'm talking to you) and if you do not follow this advise please never admit to me. 

3. Add a handful of toasted almonds. I just grab a little bag from the baking aisle of slivered almonds...place them in a pan on high and stir so they don't burn. When they are all browned and fragrant take them out. I then put them in the freezer to cool a bit before placing them in the food processor. 

4. Add 1 or 2 cloves of garlic (your preference) and chop up ingrediants for a few seconds. Next start pouring in extra virgin olive oil while food processor is on untill it reaches your prefered consistency. 

All done! You can make pesto with just about anything...diffrent hard cheeses, nuts or fresh herbs. These are just my preferences. Also, pesto freezes well. So make a large batch!

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