i "heart" hand made trades

My friend's mom from Germany visited my studio recently and wanted to purchase this platter, i knew of her famous hand knit socks so asked if she would trade me socks for the platter! A very happy trade in my eyes!

Making use of my Pesto

Pre-cooked pesto salmon packets!

I got this recipe from a friend who found it online. It called for chicken, but I had salmon on hand so I used that and used brown rice pasta shells. It made such a delicious meal!

From a basil seed to Pesto

From very small seeds planted indoors in March

Sweet purple basil

We planted three packages of this green basil!

These are the two rows left after I had already harvested half of the plants!

Basil waiting to be made into Pesto

Tada!! Pesto for the winter :)

I freeze it in ice cube trays and them throw them in a huge zip-lock bag

that way they are already portioned out and I can take what

I need without to much hassle.

Pesto

4 cups of fresh basil leaves, stems removed

3/4 cup olive oil

1/2 cup pinenuts

3/4 cup grated parmesan reggiano

2-3 large cloves of garlic, chopped or pressed

salt to taste

Puree ingredients in a food processor or blender until smooth!!

♥ ENJOY ♥

Because I love to be domestic!

I've been meaning to start this blog for a while now, simply because I love doing domestic things and equally love to share my ideas with people who like to hear/see/read them.

Hope you enjoy this as much as i do!