family + food + feelings
Hi! How was your weekend? We went to the mountains with Jay’s sister, her family, and their dad, and it was really wonderful, in a calm cozy family kind of way. We ate and drank and played games (I beat a 7 year old at checkers, felt pretty good about that) and fished and there were arms for Beck and it was wonderful! We also helped a woman having seizures who didn’t know she had a seizure disorder (or something like that), but that’s a story for another day. 
But!
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Hello from the Land Where Basil Dies!
For real.
My herbs are sad, folks.
Luckily, though, my grandparents and mother are fantabulous gardeners, and gave me a massive quantity of basil a few weeks ago.
So, naturally, I made pesto.
It’s easy, it’s delicious, and there are SO many things you can do with it.
Let’s make pesto!
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Generally mid-week I start to plan for all the crap I’m going to cook and eat on the weekend, then I feel guilty and cook something healthy. This is a great light sauce that can be used on anything, but I particularly love the mild flavors with fish. If you don’t like fish you’re silly and missing out, but you could easily make this with any other protein of your choosing (not beef, that’d be too heavy) or just serve it directly over rice or noodles. But try it with fish sometime! You’ll love it.
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I love pasta. And bacon. And basil. So, when I found myself starving and with tons of basil in my fridge I decided that it was definitely a pasta night and created this! It was delicious and easy and had some cleverly hidden veggies among cream, bacon, and cheese.
YUM.
