Tuesday, January 18, 2011

pesto chango

caught a quick glimpse of a food network show, arti's party. she was making a pretzel crusted something or other, flank steak? anywho, she made kale with white beans and quick pesto.... Yum and i've never even had kale before. 
naturally, off to the store i went... here is my pesto: (not exact measurements)
1/2 a bunch of cilantro. 
1 medium, juicy as all heck, lime
1/4 c. almonds - yeah i know the ones that don't have skin are really nice but that's not what my pantry had
a few pine nuts, maybe like 1 tablespoons worth, or just shake in how many you like..
a little bit of yellow onion (which was really only like a tbsp worth and can be totally left out)
2 - 3 pieces of garlic
olive oil (yeah evoo, whatever rachel ray)
viola, not bad for "winging it"especially since the fn website doesn't have the side dish recipe just the pretzel crusted meat..
next up is to make the kale portion, add the white beans to the kale and then when it's ready, pour the cilantro pesto over it. 
if you are wondering i'm not making the meat portion. instead i cooked up some chicken because i plan on making two different chicken options for lunners (lunch and/or dinner).

sunday i made a plain jane square, white yarn, stockinette all the way. i pretty much did the whole thing while watching football. not if that's not impressive i don't know what is..mc61 wasn't even home watching! crazy stuff going on o'er here that is fo'sure.  
also mailed of three packages last week so this week i'm going to be checking in my girls.. perhaps they'll send or post a pic or two. can't wait to get this baby blanket under way!!

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