This Tomato Pesto Tart is an all- time favorite from Southern Living Magazine. Made with garden fresh tomatoes and basil pesto for a delightful appetizer or main dish served up with a garden salad. PIN IT TO SAVE FOR LATER Tomato Pesto Tart You are going to love this recipe, it is one of my…
Grilled Peaches, Basil and Honey Appetizer
I’m sharing a super quick and easy appetizer for all of your end of summer entertaining. This Grilled Peaches, Basil and Honey Appetizer is simple, flavorful and delicious. Join us for this month’s Progressive Eats! Things have been wildly crazy this month. Between moving and building, school starting, and figuring out a new internet service…
Roasted Garlic Basil Pesto
Roasted Garlic Basil Pesto is perfect for your summer abundance of basil! Enjoy it with pasta, pizza, chicken and more. My garden has really taken off the last few weeks and it was time to make pesto. Pesto is so simple to make and is one of my favorite ways to really boost the flavor…
Spinach Pesto
Spinach Pesto is super simple to make and a milder version of my favorite basil pesto. Perfect to brighten up winter and early spring recipes. Pesto, oh how I love pesto. In the summer I grow as much basil as I can just to make pesto. I have a few basil plants still growing in…
Basil Pesto & Edgeware Giveaway
Basil Pesto As summer comes to an end my basil plants are finally big enough to make a batch of pesto. I love pesto and it is so easy to make. I try to make a batch or two each summer and put a little in the freezer to enjoy through the winter. I freeze…
Land O’Lakes Bite-Sized Brunch & Giveaway
If you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or emails and never miss a recipe! Mother’s Day is this weekend and Land O’Lakes has some great bite-sized brunch ideas to make a special day into a spectacular day! I know my Mom would be love the Mushroom Mini-Quiches that I made…
Roasted Tomato Soup plus an OXO Giveaway!
Tomato soup is one of my all-time favorite soups. I admit at our house it usually comes from a can. Not this time. My Mom grows a bumper crop of tomatoes every summer and this is one way she puts all of those tomatoes to good use. I embellished Mom’s recipe with a little half…
Crimini Mushroom& Havarti Grilled Cheese
April is National Grilled Cheese Month and in celebration I have a guest post over at Wisconsin Cheese Talk. Who doesn’t love a delicious grilled cheese sandwich? Mine is filled with crimini mushrooms (aka baby portabellas), creamy Wisconsin Havarti cheese and fresh basil. I’ve got you drooling already, haven’t I? Jump on over and check…
Lemon and Basil Quinoa
Have you tried quinoa? I had seen so many recipes and read about it on the Internet, but only recently did it become available around these parts. It’s grain-like and it cooks just like rice, but has more flavor and a little different texture. It is very high in protein and contains essential amino-acids, plus…