Friday morning I got up all primed to spend the day sewing. Vince was out of town. Chad was working. About 7:30 I had finished my morning chores. The oil change guy was going to be here at 8 to get my car so I figured . . no need to go downstairs and start sewing so I went out to visit with the chickens and get the early eggs. That's when I made the mistake of looking over at the basil. It's ...
Basil
Out of the Dehydrator
This time of year, the dehydrator is rarely empty. In a couple of months, it will sit idle til Chad wants a batch of jerky. This morning I emptied out chili peppers, basil and cherry tomatoes. The basil went into the blender. Where it was ground down to almost nothing. That was put through a mesh strainer to get the stems and larger pieces out. I'll end up with several half ...
Pesto
This is the first summer in at least 4 years that I've had enough basil to make pesto. Since I didn't have a fenced in deer proof area, I'd only had a few pots of it growing on the deck and it doesn't grow in pots like it grows in the ground . . not for me anyway. All week I'd planned to make pesto but had to can tomatoes one day, green beans the next and just hadn't gotten around to it. ...
Turkey Salad
With two of us eating here most days, almost anything I make seems to generate lots of leftovers. Over the weekend I smoked a turkey breast and on Tuesday I made turkey salad with some of the leftovers. This is one of those no specific measurements type recipe. Use whatever amounts you like. I went heavy on the cilantro because I love it. What I used were jalapeno pepper (maybe just half of ...
Tomatoes & Basil
Do you know how much I love tomatoes and basil? Either together or separately. This is tomatoes, olive oil, basil and garlic to be roasted for a pizza. Only problem is, when it comes out of the oven, it's so good to spread it on crusty bread, with a little parmesan cheese . . yum! A little bit of it made it to the pizza. It's pretty hard to eat pizza out after having homemade. ...
Basil, Mozzarella & Tomato Salad
When I mentioned that we use a bunch of basil, many wanted to know what we use it for. Over the next few weeks, I'll share some of the recipes I use. A lot of my recipes aren't really written and I just throw stuff together so if you're making some of these, feel free to add or leave out as desired. Basil, Mozzarella & Tomato Salad 2 - 3 large tomatoes, peeled and chopped into bite size ...
