Fresh Herbs and Green Pesto

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January is a month when you start longing  for fresh greens. The quickest way to freshen and  brighten up  your kitchen are fresh herbs. At this time of the year, unless you have still some in the garden, like bayleave, rosemary, parsely thyme etc, you are dependent on herbs in pots from the supermarket. Nothing wrong with that. But when the weather gets better try to grow your own, if you dont have a garden, use window boxes. You will enjoy "harvesting"  your homegrown  herbs . During the summer I have more than 11 herbs in the garden and I use them in all in my recipes.
The pictures here show herbs growing in my garden.

Rosmary

Parsely

Bayleaf

Oregano 

Today I share with you my simple but quick recipe for
 Green Pesto

You can use the Pesto with any kind of Pasta. We used it with Spaghettoni, these are extra long but fine Spaghetti.

Ingedients for Green Pesto

Ingredients

1 cup of pine nuts ( you can use half pine nuts and half almonds if you wish)
1 cup of grated parmesan
1 cup fresh Basil
3 or 4 cloves of fresh garlic
1/2 juice of lemon or lime
1 cup of Extra Virgin olive oil ( I like to use Italian olive oil from the Puglia region)

Method

Put all ingredients into a dish and blend them until you have the consistency you want.
The flavour depends on the quality of your oil and parmesan cheese!

The result: Green Pesto

Note: This pesto is delicious as a dip. Use fresh crusty bread or anything you like!