Finally Made it

Over three years ago, a friend and I were inspired to make pesto like one of the characters off..

And I finally did..

I think Emma-Lee would be very pleased. 

I don't know why I didn't sooner - it's delicious and easy! It tastes a LOT better then store bought pesto. All it takes is..

2 packed cups of basil leaves

3 Cloves of garlic

3/4 cup parmesan cheese

2 tbs lemon juice (probably don't NEED it)

1/2 cup cashews (or whatever nut you want I guess)

1/2 - 3/4 cup olive oil. 

This is me guesstimating what I put in because I only roughly measure myself. You can't really go wrong.. you just blend it all up. 

Christmas Benny

For Christmas breakfast I made eggs benedict - a tricky dish. It's not exactly difficult, but it requires a lot of multitasking, if you want everything ready all at once. The sauce was a bit lemony for my liking (that's what I get for never bothering to measure), but the eggs were beautiful! It's so cool to watch eggs poach, the white ghosts over the yolk. 

I used the recipe available here, with a few changes to suit our liking. 

I was a very lucky girl this year and got lots of great presents. One of my favourites would have to be this book I got from Will's mum (or Will's "mom"). Free patterns galore, as well as enough of Cath's signature fabric to make a cute bag. 

I am also getting lots of use out of our new blender, thank you Will!