“I LOVE this Challah!” was Cam’s proclamation. It has been a good week for pleasing my son. A welcome relief after weeks of complaints. The texture of this bread was just how you want a challah to be, soft, fluffy and chewy, with just the right amount of moisture. Although the aroma of pesto is…
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Pasta with Pesto, Fresh Tomatoes and Garlic Shrimp
We have been in a bit of a shrimp kick this summer. Wild caught gulf shrimp, it may not be local, but it is certainly good. My goal is to combine the shrimp with food from my garden. Today it is my basil, garlic, and tomatoes. Oops there is a bruised leaf in my picture…
Pesto Bean Dip
Healthy and yummy snacking- my favorite combination. I love beans and I love pesto, but I never had combined them until I tried this recipe from Mollie Katzen’s Enchanted Broccoli Forest cookbook. I used canned organic navy beans and pesto made from the garden. See my pesto post. Since you can make the petso…
Parsley-Serrano Pesto
One of the things we picked up at the farmers market in San Diego was a parsley-chili pesto from Hani’s Market (a local San Diego company). This was a wonderful thing, I found myself finding excuses to eat it all day long. I would put it on pita bread points, on crackers with cheese, on…
Pasta with Potatoes, Green Beans and Pesto
Pasta, potatoes, green beans – sounds heavy, eh? When I first saw Martha Rose Shulman’s recipe combining the three, I was skeptical. But since I always have pesto and, in late summer, lots of green beans, I though I would try it. To everyone’s surprise, the combination was wonderful. Very homey and hearty. It has…
Basil & Garlic Scape Pesto
I think this is the third pesto recipe I have included so far. Are you getting the hint that we like pesto? It is a staple in our house, perfect for days when I come home late and don’t have time to cook. I prepare the pesto the night before and then my husband just…
Garlic Scape Pesto
If you like garlic, you definitely need to try garlic scape! And this pesto is a simple and quick way to truly enjoy it! I had gotten garlic scape from Beechwood Orchards at the Univ. of Pennsylvania farmers market. Garlic scape is the shoot from the garlic that produces the flower and seeds. To cook…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 