It's a day full of cookery!

[badseed1980]

While everyone else is saying a last goodbye to summer, I am happily cooking away like mad today. First up was a batch of pesto. A big batch of pesto. I still have a ton of basil left in the garden, but jeez, there was no more room in the blender! That got separated into small containers and frozen, to be given away to friends in a couple weeks. I think they'll like it. It's pretty damn good.

Next I made a sort of crabmeat salad, which I will use to top a couple avocado halves tonight for a first course. Main course will be Thai lettuce wraps, with chicken, cucumber, carrot, and rice noodles rolled in lettuce and dipped in a peanutty sauce. I wanted to do something kind of special for pierceheart, since he cooked a divine etoufee for me last night! I didn't even know he was planning on cooking; I just walked in the door and it was almost done! Yum.

I'll have to see what I can pre-cook for the main course, now, to save some time when the boy gets home.

All this is after making a very tasty dilled tuna salad for my breakfast/lunch, eaten on toast with gherkins on the side and a luscious, perfectly ripe peach for afters.

I am such a foodie.

Comments

[quepid.livejournal.com]

If you have a window that receives a few hours of sunlight a day, then sweet basil can be brought indoors over winter. I have kept a sweet basil plant alive for over a year. Just keep pinching off any buds that it may form :)

Mmmmmmmm étoufée! pierceheart's quite the man :)

I absolutely love peanuts, one of my all time fav things is chicken satay's.

I love gherkins, I pickled my own years ago when I actually could get them to thrive in my garden.

Your not alone when it comes to being a foodie :)

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

The problem is that the basil is already at 3+ feet tall, 1/4-1/2 inch woody stems, and rooted in the ground.

[quepid.livejournal.com]

I have had mine to grow woody but never over 2' tall. I tend to grow my herbs in pots because neighbors dogs just love breaking mine down.

Do you mind if I add you to my friends list?

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

LOL...these plants are BIG bushes, I'm afraid, and I have seven of them. No way I could fit them in my house. I've been pinching off flowers every other day or so since they started forming. Oy vey, it never ends! But that's why my plants are so bushy.

You should certainly get to try my man's etoufee someday. It's fabulous.

[quepid.livejournal.com]

Their will to reproduce and die is quite strong, it kept me busy pinching off the blossoms.

I am going to start a new batch of Sweet Basil.

I would love to sample both your cuisine. Good things happen when foodies get together :)

One day I hope to visit up North, as I haven't been to New England.

[brontosproximo.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmmmm. Pesto...