Recipe & Jokes

Recipe: Pesto Pasta

Ingredients for the Pesto:

• 1 cup, cashew nuts, soaked for at least 4 hours and rinsed well • 2 large bunches of basil, stems removed • 1/2 bunch of flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped • 2-3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped • 1/4 cup, pumpkin or sunflower seeds • 1 lemon, juiced • 1/2 cup, olive oil • a splash of water • salt and pepper

For the Pasta:

• 1/2 packet, whole-wheat spaghetti pasta, kamut or spelt • Salt and pepper

Method

• Add all the pesto ingredients to a food processor. • Process until well-combined. The mixture should not turn into a paste, allow for some texture. • Add a splash of water to the pesto. • Blend again for 3 seconds and set aside. • Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil. • Cook the pasta per packet instruction, recommended cooking time is usually approx. 8 minutes. • Drain the pasta and drench it in the pesto. If you are preparing the meal in advance and wish to leave the pasta separate for a period of time add some EVOO to prevent the pasta from sticking together. • The lemon juice and garlic will preserve leftover pesto for approximately 8 days.

Jokes

• Something is odd about my hot wood stove - I just can’t quite put my finger on it. • My dad argued with a stove. The conversation really started to heat up. • How did Blackbeard light his stove? With the pirate light. • Slept like a log last night. Woke up in the fireplace under the chimney.