Garden fresh Arugula Pesto!
Ok, So I’m a little bit late in posting this… but over the summer I harvested all of our arugula and made arugula pesto!
I would have made lots of salads, but the arugula was really small and incredibly spicy. I had some very kind family who helped me out by planting the arugula for me, and they planted the plants in their entirety within the soft planters the came in. I know it “says” you can do that, but it definitely stunted the plants’ growth. they hardly grew very big at all, and when I took them out, there were very few roots that grew past the planter. So always make sure you take the plants out of those brown planter thingies!
Anyways, I did get some yield out of my 12 plants, and I made pesto out of it, which was pretty yummy!
I unfortunately cant find the exact recipe… but it was basically arugula, pine nuts, parmesan cheese, lemon zest and lemon. I also added some salt and pepper. Oh and of course, extra virgin olive oil.
It was pretty good! The only thing I would do differently next time is put less pine nuts, because they tempered the arugula a little too much. I felt like I wanted more of the arugula bite in there.
But all in all it turned out tasting good…
and I enjoyed eating it over pasta!
YUM! (this is protein enriched wheat pasta, so it actually has a good serving of protein in there..not just carbs)
Did any of you make any fun new garden inspired dishes this summer?
My new “toy”
I have a new toy…
I LOVE IT!
It is the Macbook Air 11 inch.
I was debating between the new iPad and this…and this miniature machine won out!
It is SO much more versatile than the iPad would have been (I have the original iPad already too). I really bought it for work, and it has really made me more efficient.
There was one problem…I work in a hospital, where there are germs everywhere! And I am a germ-o-phobe (i know, not a great combination for a doctor =)
So, I made myself this cover to keep the macbook in.
It is made of a vinyl tablecloth (the leftover fabric that I had after making this circular changing pad) which is great because I can wipe it down with antiseptic cloths.
I made it kind of like a messenger bag, so that I would be able to carry it when I go into patient rooms, without putting it down anywhere.
Since it is super small, it is very light and I could barely feel I was wearing it!
I used this tutorial for a zippered pouch to make the bag. It was vey straightforward and took about an hour. It was a productive day!
The Charlie Dress still fits!
A while back I bought Rae’s Charlie Tunic pattern, and had a lot of fun making this dress version for R. I made it skinnier than the pattern calls for, since she is a skinny minny.
But the cool thing is, that it still fits!
I put it on last week for the first time in maybe 8-10 months, and was so happy to see that it still fits!
I made it extra long to begin with, so that it would work for a while – so that helped.
And as you can see, she had a ton of fun playing around in it and being silly!
Now I’m going to try to make a small version for my 6 month old boy…did I just say SIX MONTHS!!
AHH!
I can’t believe it has already been almost 6 months!!!
Excuse me while I go hyperventilate while having visions of the kiddos growing up and going off to college…….
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