Pecan Pesto!

1/2 Cup Pecans

1/4 Cup Fresh, Grated Parmesan Cheese

1 Cloves Garlic

2 Tablespoons or more Olive Oil

1/2 cup lemon basil

1/4 cup water

Combine all ingredients in food processor and process briefly. Add two tablespoons of sugar is desired. If a creamier texture is desired continue adding small amounts of olive oil until the desired consistency is found. Pesto can be spread on crackers, used on pasta and added to sauces. Pesto freezes well. Experiment with other herbs and nuts. Traditional pesto uses sweet basil and pine nuts. Recipe makes one cup of pesto. ENJOY!

The first step is to grow the plants

as well as maintain them

and eventually harvest them

here our our needed supplies for the pesto sauce!

time to whip out the parsley!

chop off the stems

take out your garlic

peel off the layers. get that core!

perfect! just like that!

OK, now cut up that garlic into small pieces.

than add some cheese!

cut up some basil

then add some basil!

then add some pecans! yum!

don't forget the olive oil...

stuff that blender!

chop chop!



so close!

does that look delicious or what?!?

mmm

try the sauce with some chips...

...or pasta...

MM, maybe not dog food.

Thanks for reading! ENJOY!

Wonder: The point of this post, and in fact of our entire project was to inspire the class to grow their own foods. I think that we did this because it made it easy for us to see how fun and easy planting and growing plants are. Now that we were experienced in make veggies, we made an entire meal so that we could practice using our fresh plants to live sustainably. I think that the point of this process was to convince the class that growing your own foods and living sustainable is possible, and in fact easy. Cooking these herbs answered our essential question, "Why don't people lives sustainably? And how can I convince them to do so?" because we all had our misconceptions of growing food.... Why grow it when you can buy it? But this project convinced us that's its not hard, and therefore we can convince people to grow their own foods by showing them our examples of cooking herbs on our blogs. 

Reflection: Although the recipe was really fun to make, its turn out was definitely not one of my favorites. If you ask me, I think the cheese was a little much. However, the process was easy and fun, and I'd like to use basil in more recipes in my future.  The process did change the way I look at growing herbs. I use responsibility d to think it would be a hassle, but now I look at it more of a responsibility, a fun. Not one that is annoying, but one that your proud of. 

Pecan Pesto
1/2 Cup Lemon Basil Leaves
1/2 Cup Pecans
1/4 Cup Fresh, Grated Parmesan Cheese
1 Cloves Garlic
2 Tablespoons or more Olive Oil

Combine all ingredients in food processor and process briefly. Add two tablespoons of sugar is desired. If a creamier texture is desired continue adding small amounts of olive oil until the desired consistency is found. Pesto can be spread on crackers, used on pasta and added to sauces. Pesto freezes well. Experiment with other herbs and nuts. Traditional pesto uses sweet basil and pine nuts. Recipe makes one cup of pesto. ENJOY!