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Pasta is always such a crowd pleaser, but you don’t have to stick with boring old tomato sauce. Traditional pesto is great and can be super expensive to make and this pea and walnut version has a great taste and is affordable enough for you to make it all the time. While the peas make this slightly sweet, it retains the traditional taste of pesto with plenty of fresh basil and olive oil. What is your favorite kind of pesto? 1 pound whole wheat linguine
1/4 cup walnuts plus more for garnish 1 cup peas (defrosted if frozen, blanched if fresh) 2 Tablespoons olive oil 3 Tablespoons fresh basil 3 Tablespoons fresh parsley salt and pepper to taste Method:
biol a large pot of generously salted water and cook pasta according to package directions. in a food processor, finely grind walnuts then add peas, scraping the sides as needed. add the olive oil 1 tablespoon at a time and continue to blend until smooth. add basil and parsley and blend again, then salt and pepper to taste. place finished pesto in a large bowl and add drained pasta, toss until blended and top with walnuts and fresh basil.
May 9, 2013 - 6:37 am
Oh man. This looks completely delicious – I can’t wait to try it!
May 9, 2013 - 11:26 am
You create such beautiful food! Both for the eyes and the tummy! WOW!
May 10, 2013 - 5:36 am
This looks delicious! As easy as pesto is I’ve never made it for some reason… lazy I guess. LOL!
May 14, 2013 - 6:37 pm
One word describes this recipe…delicious! This was a big hit at my house!!! I added some yellow pepper to the food processor too. Thanks.  If you have seen my house, it’s pretty darn neat. This is what my kitchen looks like…
We did the work ourselves and you can read more about it here. This is the butlers pantry (on the left through the archway) as you see it- * iPhone photo this is what you see- and this is what it’s hiding!
While the house looks neat and organized, pretty much every cabinet, drawer and closet has this same kind of mystery mess. I have NO idea what is in there any neither does anyone else. So there you have it, my pathetic messy little secret. As I long as no one could see it, it seemed like it really wassn’t there. But it is really there and now it’s time to put my goal of a more simple life to the test as I ruthlessly edit the junk, getting rid of it all. We have made progress the past few weeks and have a huge pile of clothes, shoes and toys to donate but there is still a lot of house to get through. While this part if simplifying is NOT simple at all, I hope that at the end of this process my family and I will feel less of that drowning-in-my-crap feeling that has been bothering me for so long. For those of you joining me on this journey, have you had any unexpected challenges or successes this past week? Many kids in the US don’t get enough exercise and with more and more schools cutting PE, extracurricular activities are even more important. But they can also be quite expensive, so when this contest and discount was announced, I wanted to pass it along … Throughout 2013, My Gym locations across North America will celebrate thirty years of providing fitness and fun to families by offering money saving membership and class discounts, conducting a search tocrown My Gym’s Fit & Healthy Family and hosting fun and fitness-filled My Gym 30th Birthday party/ Open Houses. Open to families in North America, the My Gym Fit & Healthy Family Contest invites families with at least two members in the same household (and one member a child under the age of ten) to enter by submitting a photo of their family engaged in physical activity along with 100-200 words sharing their favorite family fitness tip(s). The photos and accompanying tips will be posted on My Gym’s Official Facebook Page for the public to vote for their favorite entry. Families receiving the most votes will become among the 30 semi-finalists from which the Grand Prize winner will be chosen. Semi-finalists will win prizes from My Gym’s official cleaning sponsor BabyGanics (babyganics.com), the leading provider of household and personal care products for every touch point in a baby’s life; DVD’s of the popular children’s animated series Chuggington (chuggington.com); a prestigious Recognition Certificate from the President’s Council on Fitness Sports and Nutrition (fitness.gov); and a specially-designed My Gym prize pack. The grand prize family will win the acclaimed sports activity toy line from Little Tikes (littletikes.com) along with a year free of My Gym classes and a birthday party
May 1, 2013 - 9:28 am
I love this! There are not enough family centered active activities around. I have never heard of My Gym and will check it out. Thanks for this! ~ Ferly
May 1, 2013 - 12:52 pm
Sure thing Ferly! Getting kids to exercise is so important and this deal was too good not to pass along. 
Bring on spring and the peas! It’s not a secret that I love peas and this is definitely my new favorite recipe. Most of the time peas are served hot and smothered in butter, such a shame. They are super versatile, good hot or cold, with pasta or spinach, slightly sweet but they work so well with other flavors. Here are a few Nutritional Facts about Peas you may not have known: per 1 cup So go ahead and eat those peas, they’re tasty and good for you! Ingredients: 4 servings 16 ounces organic peas ( defrosted if frozen, blanched if fresh) dressing- Method: combine peas, shallots and parsley in a large bowl. in a small bowl or jar, combine dressing ingredients and whisk or shake to mix well. our over pea mixture then top with tofu.
Here is my version of tofu feta: drain and crumble tofu into a bowl, drizzle with a little lemon juice add sea salt and allow to stand in the refrigerator for at least one hour. I tend to just keep some pre-made in the fridge because I can throw it onto a salad, pizza or pasta. Sometimes I just eat it out of the bowl and it doesn’t make it to top anything.
April 30, 2013 - 5:39 pm
I am not a vegan but this saladlooks amazing- light and springy!! Can’t wait to give it a try. |
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