Sunday, August 15, 2010

pesto!

Since we're going away for our annual anniversary celebration beginning next weekend, I wanted to harvest all of the basil in case it went to seed while we were gone and I lost it. It's happened before, sadly. So I whipped up six cups of pesto today.

Can you tell how beautiful the green is?


We had some for lunch.


Finally I used the brilliant idea from my Simple Suppers book and filled an ice cube with the remaining pesto. In a day or so I'll pop them out and store them in a freezer bag. That way, we always have individual servings of pesto ready to go. In order to do this, it should be noted, I omit the parmesan from the recipe. I just add cheese when it's time to add them to the dish.


All in all, a busy and successful weekend. We'll be traveling next weekend, so maybe not so much to post. xo

bread and butter pickles

So these are a first. A colleague of D's gave us amazing cucumbers from her garden and I had the inspiration I needed to try to make bread and butter pickles for the first time. They look right, but I haven't tried them yet. They're in the refrigerator chilling, because I like pickles cold.

black eyed susans

In the front yard we expand a perennial bed each year. And these are among our favorites - the state flower. I look forward to these blooming all year because they just say the height of summer to me. I remember how my mom's were always enormous and bloomy.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

corn and basil cakes

Yay for fresh Eastern Shore corn mixed with basil from our yard (we have so much) into a pancake. Super easy and a nice side to many meals. Here's the recipe.

two socks!

I finished both socks, including repairing the first one so that the bind off was more stretchy. Yay!