I went to my parents house last weekend to celebrate mothers day and had a bunch of food in the house to use up. So I went pesto crazy. Above is an Arugula Pesto using 1/2 pinenuts and 1/2 walnuts (i ran out of pine nuts) Now I LOVE basil pesto! So I was never to keen on making pesto with anything else. But with a box of baby arugula left over that wasn't going to survive the weekend I just went for it. I will forever now be using my leftover arugla to make pesto. It was so good. I dare say I might have even liked it better then my beloved basil pesto. 
It's not a toasted bagel with peanut butter but the next best thing. Toasted leftover ciabatta with peanut butter. My favorite breakfast.
The above mentioned Arugula Pesto
The not as delicious Basil Pesto. I had to make it in the blender because my quisenart was in the dishwasher with VwaV alfreda sauce on it that only the dishwasher could clean. I will never use the blender again. I had to use so much more olive oil then I like using and it just didn't taste the same. (for some reason the aruglua pesto in the blender came out perfect...who knows? I believe arugula just want's to be a scene stealer)
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Pesto Mania!
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Pesto! Chunky peanut butter! Yummy. I've never tried arugula in pesto, but I've used cilantro with almonds (so good!) and thai basil with peanuts and chillis. Pesto is such a good, versatile base food, I love it!
theresa~i'm dying over the combination of thai basil w. peanuts + chilis!! that sounds so good! i will have to give it a try.
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I never would have thought to use arugula. I'm so intrigued now. I've eaten way too much pasta the past few weeks so I'm trying to avoid it for a while but when I make it again, I'll definitely be trying arugula pesto.
Hooray for pesto!
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I too am intrigued by arugula pesto. I'm always met with suspicion when I make a non-basil pesto (I've tried cilantro and parsley) but they always end up really interesting! Add arugula to my list.
Whoa, I know it's *just* bread and peanut butter - but that looks oustanding! great stuff. I went pesto happy a month or so ago, making two batches, with just a little bit left in the freezer now.
Your favorite breakfast looks like it can be my favorite breakfast!
And the pesto looks so gorgeous & green- what a good idea- argula pesto and theresa's cilantro/chile sounds ideal too.
"Toasted leftover ciabatta with peanut butter"?!
now that's a breakfast I can wake up to.
Well, I'm intrigued... mostly because I cannot stand arugula, but I end up getting some in my CSA produce box every now and then... now I'm curious enough to try a small batch... just to see...
Thanks for the idea!
looks interesting!
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