Pesto is the Besto

Hello!  As you've probably guessed, I made pesto tonight.  But before I get to my dinner, let me back up to lunch.  

LUNCH

Today I went to a lunch and learn about insurance for long term care.  Because I didn't want to be snapping pictures during the presentation, I just took one picture of everything I brought. I DID NOT eat all of what is pictured! 

What I did eat from this is Garden of Eating Pita Chips (Greek Isle Flavor) with Cedars Organic Hummus (Original Flavor), and Blueberrt Voskos Greek Yogurt with actual blueberries stirred in.  I did not plan it ahead of time, but I realized I had a Greek theme going on.  I loved all the flavors of this lunch.  

Dinner

Tonight I made my own pesto here's the recipe:  

Ingredients:

• I used 8 tsp. cups of frozen basil by Dorot (but you could also use 2 cups of fresh basil)
• 1/3 cup toasted walnuts (actually I was just shy 1/3, so I topped it off with pine nuts)
• 3 cloves of garlic, chopped
• 1/2 c extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan
• salt and pepper

Directions:

1. In a food processor or blender, pulse  the nuts and basil together to chop it finer
2. Then add the garlic and slowly add the olive oil, blend together
3. Lastly blend the parmesan in and salt and pepper to taste

It was that easy!  After the pesto was finished, I cooked up some whole wheat cheese ravioli (Bertolli) and sauteed a zucchini and yellow squash.  The pesto was awesome on this.  I also sprinkled more parmesan on the dish and crushed red pepper. 

This was an excellent dinner and now I have one container of pesto to use this week and another that I froze for later.  I've had a sweet tooth and I was really excited about a new purchase yesterday so dessert followed. 

DESSERT

I've become a fan of tart frozen yogurt this past year so when I saw that Hagen Daaz had a new low-fat tart frozen yogurt, I was ecstatic and had to try it. I topped my small serving with blueberries and some white chocolate chips! 

It was soo yummy.  I tried a plain spoonful before adding my toppings and it was very good, as well.  The flavor is awesome and I highly recommend it!