Pesto

Basil Pesto

Ingredients

2 cups firmly packed basil leaves

quarter cup pine nuts

quarter cup olive oil

quarter cup grated parmesan cheese

2 cloves garlic

Method

Process everything in a food processor until it is a paste. Quick, easy and tasty.

I freeze mine in small quantities and use when desired.

Today is a real outdoors day. The weather is perfect (though some rain would be very nice) and I have spent the morning in the garden and also checking on the livestock. It certainly makes the job easier that they are all followers. Here are the older ewes hoping I have something sweeter than grass to offer. I didn't.

We are in the process of finding a new ram for our flock. We would also like to buy a few more registered breeding ewes too but that can wait until the right girls are available. I would like to add a couple of pigs and some cattle to the farm too. We haven't had cattle for a few years now and I miss them.

The benefits to being home alone is that you don't have to share. The first mandarin this season. I'm going to wait though because it will taste better shared.

Tracy