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April 25th, 2008

My Basil Runneth Over

Okay, so I have this thing called an AeroGarden Pro 100 with Gourmet Herb Seed Kit. I got it as a Christmas present and it has been producing a great quantity of herbs, including basil, for the last 10 weeks or so. Let’s just say we have been enjoying a lot of pesto pasta lately! It looks as if we will be doing so again tonight since I forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer last night that I thought we would make tonight. So pesto it is. Good thing we love pesto pasta. The crop of basil this week was exceptionally large:

A few weeks ago I had to give some to my neighbor because we just had too much and wouldn’t have eaten it all. The great thing about the herbs that come from the AeroGarden is that you don’t have to wash them off before using them. With the mint, for example, I simply snip off a leaf or two and put it right into a glass of water for a refreshing drink. To change things up a bit tonight, I’ll try putting some tomato into the pesto (that probably makes it not technically pesto anymore, right?) since I have half a can of tomatoes left over after last night’s bean dish.

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2 Responses to “My Basil Runneth Over”

  1. FeedTheFam.com » Blog Archive » Square Foot Gardening Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 4:18 pm

    […] Already the lettuces (Mesclun and Romaine) and spinach are growing nicely. I think I will retire my AeroGarden for the summer and start it up again in the fall since we will get all that we need from the […]

  2. FeedTheFam.com » Blog Archive » Learning To Cook Part II: Throwing Stuff Together Says:
    May 26th, 2008 at 7:35 am

    […] looked up some recipes on Epicurious and looked at the major ingredients. Thankfully I also have an AeroGarden with basil, I always keep a few heads of garlic around, and I had some left-over wine. Here’s […]