Looks like fresh pesto will soon be adorning our pasta tubes. Any basil recipes, you fellow bloggers?
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Wow! That is some beautiful basil! I think we might have to try some herbs in pots like that.
My family adores this recipe:
Pesto Pasta Toss - Kraftfoods.com
Prep Time: 5 min
Total Time: 17 min
Makes: 6 servings, 1-1/3 cups each
1 pkg. (16 oz.) farfalle (bow-tie pasta), uncooked
1 pkg. (8 oz.) ATHENOS Traditional Feta Cheese, crumbled
3/4 cup pesto
1 jar (7 oz.) roasted red peppers, drained, finely chopped
COOK pasta as directed on package; drain.
TOSS with remaining ingredients.
Serving Suggestion
Serve with a mixed green salad and a piece of your favorite fresh fruit for dessert.
Make Ahead
This pasta can also be enjoyed cold. Prepare as directed; cover. Refrigerate several hours or until chilled.
NUTRITION INFORMATION
Diet Exchange:
4 Starch,1 Meat (M),4 Fat
Nutrition (per serving)
Calories 560 Total fat 26g Saturated fat 9g Cholesterol 35mg Sodium 810mg Carbohydrate 60g Dietary fiber 2g Sugars 4g Protein 20g Vitamin A 30%DV Vitamin C 20%DV Calcium 25%DV Iron 20%DV
P. S. I adore your blog. :)
WOW!
THAT IS THE MOST SPECTACULAR BASIL PLANT I HAVE EVER SEEN. (AND I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF BASIL PLANTS IN MY LIFE)
Oh, man! You win the basil plant prize! Make roasted tomato soup.
The above post is from yo mamma!
how on earth do you have such a green thumb?!
jess and i just finished off our struggling basil plants (the ones we grew in the back of the truck - haha). i love it just torn up fresh over farfalle or penne pasta with a drizzle of olive oil, salt, pine nuts, and globs of tj's goat cheese.
you really should enter that in some kind of competition. any tips for raising basil?
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