Pesto x3

When the basil comes in, I'm all about making pesto to freeze for those dreary days in early December. I make mine thick, and thin it with olive oil or pasta cooking water when I'm
ready to use it.

Using ingredients like purslane (treated as a weed in the U.S. and a delicacy in Europe), walnuts, and walnut oil, really give meals a boost of omega-3 fatty acids.

Use your pesto on pasta, sandwiches, bruschetta, or as a dip. Or toss it with shaved ribbons of zucchini & summer squash with some chopped tomato. Beautiful! Truthfully, I'd be happy to sit down with a bowl of pesto and a spoon, haha.

Purslane Pesto

1 cup purslane
3-4 cups basil
1/2 tsp. salt
4-6 cloves garlic
1/4 cup walnuts
1/4-1/3 cup olive oil

Wash purslane and basil. Put first 5 ingredients in a food processor. Add olive oil while processing, until ingredients come together to form a thin paste.

Kale Pesto

2-3 large kale leaves, stems removed
2-3 cups basil
1/2 tsp. salt
4-6 cloves garlic
1/4 cup walnuts
1/4 cup walnut oil
1/4 cup olive oil

Wash basil. Put first 5 ingredients in a food processor. Add walnut oil and olive oil while processing, until ingredients form a paste.

Pine Nut Pesto

3-4 cups basil
1/2 tsp. salt
4-6 garlic cloves
1/2 cup pine nuts
1/4-1/3 cup olive oil

Wash basil. Put first 4 ingredients in a food processor. Add olive oil while processing, until ingredients form a thin paste.