{"id":14372,"date":"2013-09-02T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=14372"},"modified":"2013-09-01T22:41:02","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T03:41:02","slug":"basil-pesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/09\/02\/basil-pesto\/","title":{"rendered":"Basil Pesto"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here on our At Home with GCH<\/em> blog, Monday\u2019s are always focused on healthy but oh-so-yummy!<\/strong><\/i><\/strong> <\/em>recipes. We are continuing our series of summer recipes featuring in-season produce. Our featured ingredient this week is basil<\/span>!\u00a0 We can all identify the pungent aroma of basil<\/span>…mmmm!\u00a0 Basil<\/span> has all kinds of health benefits <who knew?!>; check out some info here<\/a>.\u00a0 While basil<\/span> is definitely \u2018in-season\u2019 here at the height of the summer growing season, it actually is easily grown as a houseplant.\u00a0 Consider purchasing a small pot of basil<\/span> (even in the grocery store) and keeping it in a cute little pot right on your sunniest windowsill.\u00a0 Easily you could be pinching off a handful of leaves to make into pesto, or scatter some into a Caprese Salad<\/a>, or slicing them\u00a0up to finish off your best pot of spaghetti sauce all winter long!\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n

\"2013-08-29<\/a><\/p>\n

Pesto<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ingredients:
\n2 cups basil\"2013-08-28<\/a><\/span>
\n2 cups baby spinach leaves
\n3 tablespoons (or more!) chopped garlic (I use jarred)
\n2\/3 cup pine nuts
\n1 cup freshly grated Parmesan
\n1 teaspoon kosher salt
\n1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
\n1\/2 lemon, juiced
\n2\/3 cup olive oil<\/p>\n

Directions<\/span>:<\/p>\n