Argh and Yum!

[callherblondie]

The Argh:

quiet_rebel came into town yesterday with her cousin to hang out with me. We had dinner here in Beverly Hills at Frida (upscale Mexican joint) and then went to the Mountain Bar in Chinatown. I'd never been there before -- it was actually my first time being in L.A.'s Chinatown as opposed to Monterey Park or the San Gabriel Valley -- and it was fun

Comments

[glynnis]

The only pesto recipes I know of are just grinding up a buttload (yes, that's an accurate measurement ;) of basil leaves with some pinenuts, parmesan, and olive oil, and seasoning to taste. You can leave out the parmesan though. It's also yummy to all sun-dried tomatoes to the mix, and you can substitute any kind of nut for the pinenuts, like that skankbot Casey did on Top Chef last year when she made that spinach-almond pesto. Do you have a food processor? You can do it in the blender too.

Hehe, the first time I read that, I thought you had gotten a text message from "Steve Tyler".

Edited: DUH! I forgot garlic, which is the most important ingredient in pesto, as far as I'm concerned.

[callherblondie]

My pesto sauce turned out really good, if I do say so myself, I'll make it for you sometime! But I definitely think I need to invest in a blender which I've read is better for making pesto than a food processor.

[glynnis]

Hey, it's yummy mouth food!

I usually use a food processor for pesto because it's easier to get the pesto of it. The problem with the food processor is that it doesn't seem to uniformly chop stuff up. You could get a thing like I have that is a blender and a food processor (i.e., the motor unit is the same and you just stick on whichever container and blade you want to use).