Tag Archives: basil
Balsamic Chicken Caprese Salad
Yesterday I bared it all when I showed you the embarrassing amount of food I had in my pantry when I thought I had “nothing to eat”. With the realization that I had way more food than I thought I decided to challenge myself to cook from my pantry. Using food in my pantry and [...]
Basil & Sunflower Seed Pesto
It wasn’t that long ago that I tried pesto for the first time. On a whim I bought some, it was jarred and sitting next to the spaghetti sauces on the top shelf at the grocery store. I was a little hesitant to try it and the jar sat in my pantry for at least [...]
Gardening Adventure 2010
This is the first gardening season where I have a permanent space to garden. Since we haven’t lived through a gardening season at our new house I thought it would be best to build a garden box instead of tilling up our yard. Have you heard of square foot gardening (SFG)? At my local library [...]
Oh the Pesto-bilities!
Open-faced Mediterranean Tuna Rice Cake sandwich. WOW what a mouthful–at least it is a delicious one. I currently have an open jar of Classico -Traditional Basil Pesto sitting in my fridge. I opened it the other night to use some in my Pesto Couscous. Last night for supper I wanted a high protein, low calorie [...]
