Pesto-licious

Marcia gave me some of her basil one weekend since her plants looked amazing. So, I picked my basil from our garden which isn't looking too great and made pesto! YUMMY! I eye ball a lot of these ingredients since the pesto recipe in very forgiving.

Pesto

About 4 to 6 cups basil

zest of 1/2 to 1 lemon

3 cloves garlic

2 Tbls olive oil

about 1/2 cup shredded Parmesian cheese

juice of 1/2 a lemon

chicken brother (I poured in the broth slowly until the pesto looked like a nice thick spread maybe 1 cup or so.)

NOTE: Traditional pesto has pine nuts and more olive oil but this recipe is a nice compromise to reduce the fat and omit the nuts for Connor.

Next I'm going to try creamy pesto with cream cheese!