Mia had a playdate last week that went over lunch time, she asked if she could make lunch. Sure I said what would you like to make? She said that green stuff you put over pasta and orange juice!
She had helped me make pesto a few weeks ago as I took inspiration from my very healthy basil plant which I have had for over a month and still looks really great! We made it very quickly and it tasted great.
The orange juice was due to a crate of oranges we had received from our neighbor Howard, who every now and then leaves oranges for us after visiting his Orchard in Ojai. Ugly looking organic oranges which are very sweet and great for juicing!
Orange juice was easy, we have a simple glass squeezer but its fun to use and we got about a decent glass from 6 oranges.
Pesto was easy too - only I didn't have pine nuts in the house so we used walnuts instead. We used a hand blender which made this green stuff in minutes.
4 handfulls of freshly picked basil
1 cup of grated parmesan cheese
1/2 cup walnuts or pine nuts or any nuts you like to try
3/4 cup of olive oil or enough to make the consistency of pesto you like
pinch of black pepper (salt may not be necessary due to the cheese, taste first and then decide if you need to add any).
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