9.13.09 Cooking

We have many greens growing in our garden at the moment, I think we'll need to eat salad every day this week or it'll start to rot. I was able to make a nice sized batch of pesto from the 4 little plants we have growing and froze it in ice cube trays so there will individual portions to use later on.

This Simple Garlic and Basil Pesto recipe was easy to make and tasty. Amazingly enough I had all of the ingredients on hand, just added a bit more basil and left out the chili powder.

Later this week I think I'll try out this Arugula Pesto recipe and freeze a batch of it to compare.


via Viva Verde

For dinner we had a simple salad with chicken:

• lettuce from the garden
• tomatoes from mom's garden
• a little olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt & pepper

If our strawberry plant had been producing I would have attempted this delicious looking salad for dinner instead.

recipe via here

An ongoing project:

***Boiled Peanuts***
We ran into a guy selling boiled peanuts last month here in Portland at Last Thursday. I have NEVER seen boiled peanuts sold anywhere other than the South. And why not?! They are so delicious and it's not just my North Florida roots. Josh is from Vermont and he can't get enough of them either! After many hours last week trying to boil a batch on the stove (they eventually did come out pretty good!), we've moved onto the crock-pot for the latest batch and are experimenting with a fancy alderwood smoked sea salt.

via Elise at Simply Recipes

I wouldn't have thought of making cookies with sesame, but our lovely new neighbors brought some over today to welcome us to the neighborhood and they were delicious. Here's a recipe that seems like it might be similar, add a few drips of chocolate on top for an added touch of sweetness.

via Elana's Pantry

Organized laundry room

clipped from www.apartmenttherapy.com

DIY: Laundry Line

Simple enough!

clipped from www.apartmenttherapy.com $5 Indoor Clothesline Here's what you need: 1 or 3 Large Screw Eye Hooks ($.49/ea) Length of Rope ($$ depends on length) Carabiner (we found ours for $.99 at Home Depot) 1 Small Cleat Hook ($.49-$.99) We simply hook the carabiner onto an eye hook, thread the rope through the next two hooks and then finally wrap it around the cleat. The whole thing sets up in under a minute and comes down with the same speed.