*Photo credit, Dawn Patterson 2011
Depending on what your plans are for the day, there might be quite a bit of traffic. Lots of things getting in your way. You have a choice...you always have a choice whether or not you choose to admit it...you can either be patient and wait for the things in your way to move along. Or get their shoes or turn left or finish writing their check or walk faster! Or you can choose to do something else.
Is it worth waiting? Is it something that must be done today?
If you skip it today will the opportunity be there tomorrow?
Will this be a miss out or a skip out?
Are there actually things in your way? Are you getting in your own way?
In the spirit of "Harvest Time" I promised my recipe for pesto. Because I would have missed out on over 50 servings of pesto if I had chosen to do something else yesterday. The basil needed to be picked and cleaned and married with cheese. There are lots of ways to make pesto. This is how I make pesto. It is good.
4 cups basil, lightly packed
1/2 cup olive oil
1/3 cup pine nuts
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese (or 1/4 cup Parmesan and 1/4 Asiago)
1 teaspoon salt
Combine all ingredients in a food processor and pulse until well combined. Use within 3 days or freeze. I spoon it into ice cube trays and cover the trays with plastic wrap for the initial freeze. When solid, I take them out and re-wrap them in groups of 5 "pesto cubes" because that is the amount we need for our family to have with gnocchi (our favorite winter pasta choice.) Each cube is approximately 2 tablespoons of pesto or 1 serving.
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