Tag Archives: pesto

Pesto Pasta Salad & Pesto Spinach Salad.

By Janelle | Published 05/12/2011

I hope you had a lovely Easter, Mother’s Day and my oh my: are you gearing up for graduation like we are? My son Caleb is on the cusp of exiting the 8th grade, crossing off each of these last days as ‘mission accomplished.’ It’s almost mid-May!
I think May and October might be my two favorite months. October is the thick of fall, full of crisp days and… [more]

FIVE FABULOUS, easy-to-make sauces that will ROCK your daily taco.

By Janelle | Published 10/22/2010

I love to cozy up to the seasons, dive into Mexican Fare, master methods behind polenta and risotto and use holidays as an excuse to whiz-bang a new cocktail.
It works for me to write it all down, to canonize and archive my recipes and techniques—any little tricks I have adopted—and hope that you might get a little tickle from it all. Its not just… [more]

Red, white and… green.

By Janelle | Published 03/12/2010

This is a mini-tribute to the Italian flag. I am living here, after all. So why not?
Red: pizza sauce I make from scratch. My kids love it… so much so that they prefer eating pizza IN. It is simply [and very, very conveniently] my basic tomato sauce, pushed through the smallest holes of a food mill (my basic sauce is pushed through large holes). I just add… [more]

pesto now & later

By Janelle | Published 08/25/2006

Oh for the love of pesto. This is one of my ‘make it easier on myself later’ tricks that I employ in my kitchen. No doubt there are a million tricks to discover: I love the thrill of finding that next one. When the basil is abundant—whether its from the store or my garden—rather than let it go to waste, I make it into pesto for ‘Later.’
This pesto… [more]