Tonight is Basil night with my homemade pesto! Doing the pesto at home has a really different taste than buying bottled ones. It’s beautiful over pasta or gnocchi topped with pine nuts and even better drizzled over some steamed veggies for a healthy mid week dinner. Ingredients: 1 cup basil leaves 1 garlic clove 2 tsp toasted pine nuts 1 tsp coarse salt ½ tsp pepper 2 tbs parmesan ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil 1. Strip the basil leaves from their stems, wash them and put them in the freezer for about 1 hour. >> This is a trick for to get a vibrant green pesto. 2. Put in the food processor the garlic, salt, pepper, and half the basil then pulse a few times to chop it coarsely; then add the remainder. 3. With the motor running, add olive oil in a thin stream until the garlic and basil come together to make a rough paste. 4. Then add the toasted pine nuts and the Parmesan until it forms a smooth paste with an even texture. …