I just made the best pesto! Ask me anything.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

[Left Is Write]

1. What's your method for making the best pesto? I love pesto.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

11. About-to-go-bad basil (seriously)

toasted pinenuts, roasted garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil, parmesan and romano. :9

[Left Is Write]

13. I have already eaten supper, but I am now very very hungry!

[neebob]

2. I sometimes call my cats Pesto Westo. Isn't that a coincidence? nt

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. OK...no holding out...

what kind of nuts? toasted? not toasted? how much garlic? parmesan or peccorino romano? DETAILS..BABY...DETAILS...

btw..I made an ASS kicking tomato based stew

[fluffernutter]

4. then we need to see the details of that too!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

15. OK..it was yummy and since it is raining heavy here, a lot was from cans

still good though:

Browned stew meat in cooking oil

then added:

chopped garlic (several cloves), whole chopped onion, 2 stalks chopped celery and let that all simmer covered for a half hour

next

1 can beef broth
3 cups water
1 can tomato sauce

brough that to boil and

let that simmer an hour


then added:

2 cans sliced mushrooms

1 16 0z pkg of chopped carrots, peas, corn and green beans

1 and one half large cut up peeled baking potatos

took the other half potato and grated it into the stew to thicken

2 handfuls of elbow macaroni

2 tablespoons worcestershire
salt and pepper

let it all simmer another 30 minutes


it is the perfect rainy day meal

[fluffernutter]

17. that sounds really good!

i am printing it out and trying it - i live in a rainy place too.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

19. It's really not as much work as it looks like

one of those meals where you cook a little...go do something else...tend to it...go do something else...and on a cold rainy evening when you are grieving...FULL ON COMFORT FOOD!

Let me know how you like it...it's cool because I keep all that stuff in my pantry, fridge and freezer anyway

[fluffernutter]

20. i keep all of that stuff too

and it sounds delicious.

hugs for that cold rainy evening when you are grieving :hug:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

18. That sounds yummy!

with some low-fat sour cream...kind of like beef bourgignon.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

6. Almost gone-bad basil is the key, I've discovered

some of the leaves had oxidized, and the basil flavor becomes more pronounced. I also toast the pine-nuts and use roasted garlic. I use a combo of romano and parm, salt & pepper, EVOO.

Good to see you around again! :hi:

So sad about kheph! :cry:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

10. It is heart breaking..I almost woke you up last night

[Kathy in Cambridge]

12. You should have-I couldn't sleep that well

:-(

[Cobalt Violet]

5. Pinenuts?

Haven't see you here in a while.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

8. You know me

not rocking the boat and being a good girl! ;-) Keeping my opinions to myself and not being a brat.

Roasted pinenuts taste better in pesto.

Did you get much snow? Cambridge got about 1", but we had ice and the streets are a mess. :-(

[Cobalt Violet]

14. We got, ice, snow, rain, sleet, and about 2" of slush on the ground.

It kept changing from one to the other and back again.

I'm so glad to know your still here. I was getting worried.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

16. In So Cal we have been getting a half inch to an inch of rain per HOUR

today...very unusual for us...we have a storm from the north AND the south converging over us so one minute it is cold...the next minute a warm breeze comes through...

I've had to empty water from the pool twice today

[Mass_Liberal]

7. I LOVE PESTO

SOOOO GOOD! YOU HAVE JUST MADE ME INTO THE HUNGRIEST MAN ALIVE!!!! What do you have to say for yourself?

[Kathy in Cambridge]

9. Are there any restaurant open late in the North End?

:P

I think my pesto stands against any of their's!