Of course, the vampires I've seen are HOT, so who wants to repel them anymore? Just sayin'. Anyway, as I've mentioned before, I have a shitload abundance of basil and have been putting it on everything! Since we were having pasta for dinner, I decided to make more pesto and add it to whole wheat spaghetti noodles. It was soooo good! Pesto=garlic=vampire tie in. in case you live under a rock were not followin' the whole vampire thing. Sorry...I need a vacation.
The kids took one look and saw green stuff and wouldn't even try it. They had their noodles with cheese only. bor-ring.
Number One loves some noodles! and sporting a new haircut - isn't it cute?! And my goodness, those are behemoth portion sizes. They didn't seem that large as we were stuffing our faces with them....I think it's the angle, or the lighting. (yeah, uh-huh - you believe me right?)
This was Terrible Two's response to dinner. He had an apple. and Rice Krispies.
This was my response to his pouting and refusing dinner.
I ate TOO much and didn't exercise. blah! I was giving my blister the day off, hoping it would heal up quickly. Such a pain....literally! We also started our yogurt, so there will be a post about it soon!
Also, I'm getting lots of peppers from my garden, any suggestions on what to do with them all? I have frozen some, but was thinking about a pepper relish or something.
Anyone pickled banana peppers before? I love them on sandwiches, but I'm intimidated by the whole pickling/canning process. However, I'm feeling very empowered since I think my yogurt turned out pretty well....I'll know in just a little while...and you'll know tomorrow! I know everyone is waiting in breathless anticipation to my yogurt post...that's sarcasm. Don't hate. *kiss kiss*
I love fresh basil. I keep a pot of it in my kitchen to add to recipes. I wish I had an abundance. Have you ever put it on a sandwich instead of lettuce? I also use it on a pizza I make with grilled chicken and ricotta cheese. Yum, now I'm hungry!
ReplyDeletepesto is one of my favorite summertime foods...I always freeze it in MASS quantities for winter. I actually need to get started on doing that...
ReplyDeleteI love your solution to the kids unwillingness to eat the green stuff...my kind of solution as well!
You could roast the peppers and make a pesto out of them! I've also made Pioneer Woman's roasted red pepper pasta..it's dreamy.
Joanne - great suggestions and roasted red pepper pasta sounds wonderful!! I plan on freezing pesto too! (and like you, I need to get started!)
ReplyDeleteKaren - I love basil on my sandwiches! and the pizza sounds yummy!
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