recipe #20 - baby spinach pesto

I don't know about you, but I hate throwing food out. I'm always drawn to the pre-packaged baby spinach containers at the grocery store but as a house of one, i find it hard to finish them without throwing half of it out. Cut to the following week and I buy another one, and throw half away once again; it's a vicious cycle. When I noticed mine starting to go bad this morning I realized I had to do something, thus baby spinach pesto was born.

Baby Spinach Pesto *my apologies for the instagram photo - my camera is charging*

Ingredients:

-2 cups of baby spinach *easily adaptable to how much baby spinach you have*
-2 cloves of garlic; sliced
-1/4 tsp of basil
-1 1/2 tbsp pine nuts *easily adaptable to whatever nut you may have on hand since pine nuts are crazy expensive i just happened to have a few lying around*
-1/8 cup olive oil
-1/4 cup parmesan
-a pinch of herbamare *or salt, i just prefer to use herbamare*

1. Put everything in food processor and pulse until blended. I added a bit extra olive oil until it was a sauce-type consistency.

Voila! Congratulations you didn't end up having to throw out half a container of baby spinach. I plan on using mine as a pizza sauce later on tonight. How about you?

-mjb

Freezer, Fridge and Pantry Challenge: Day 3, 4 & 5

So here we are a few weeks later with the rest of my Freezer, Fridge and Pantry Challenge. The first image is of Black Bean Tacos that I made at a friends house. I think I may have pursued her to do her very own challenge.

Black Bean Tacos with Lettuce Wrap

Next up, is a simple pasta recipe that I just added a bit of olive oil and freshly grated parmesan to one of those Ziggy fettucini fresh pastas - full disclosure: I had to make this that night because the pasta was one day from expiring.

Parmesan Pasta with Sauteed Vegetables

The Friday I did my original challenge I went out to dinner with some girlfriend's so last week I challenged myself again to another challenge as I was going out of town for the weekend. Here is the only photo I took of my food. I will definitely make this meal again.

Poached Chicken, Asian Broccoli Slaw, Roasted Veggies and Spinach Salad

cheers

-mjb