{"id":3206,"date":"2022-01-10T21:09:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/?p=3206"},"modified":"2022-01-10T21:09:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:09:52","slug":"winter-pesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2022\/01\/10\/winter-pesto\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter pesto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What to do on a winter day when the below-zero temps make a venture outside painful? Go to your garden, pick some basil, and make pesto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The garden in this case is in the corner of my living room and allows me to raise vegetables and herbs year-round with hydroponic agriculture. The herbs I grow produce far more than we can consume to flavor dishes. How much basil does anyone use in a normal week?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It takes two cups of basil to make a batch of pesto. You can substitute spinach or maybe kale if you don’t have enough or can’t afford enough, but that was not necessary in this base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My pesto is pretty good. I have a secret. Once not having the traditional Parmesan cheese, I tried blue cheese. What an improvement in the flavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, if I could figure out what to do with all of that parsley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basil Pesto Recipe<\/a> (remember the blue cheese)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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