A few months ago, we started growing basil (Sweet basil & Lettuce leaf basil) from seeds. They sprouted and poked their little leaves out and finally produced big, lovely green, fragrant leaves! I picked the majority of the leaves off the plants yesterday afternoon to make some fresh Pesto! Our good friend from high school, Rachel Berryman, made the best pesto for us last summer a few times. She was kind enough to leave a copy of her special recipe with us before she shipped out to Albania with the Peace Corps. (read about her adventures here!)
The first attempt at pesto turned out fairly well; not exactly the same as Rachel's, but yummy nonetheless! It made about 3 meals worth! We had it for dinner tonight with some whole wheat three-cheese pasta--delicious!
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