Fresh basil!

“Only put off tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone” — Pablo Picasso

OR

“Time is an equal opportunity employer.  Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day.  Rich people can’t buy more hours. Scientists can’t invent new minutes. And you can’t save time to spend it on another day.  Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving.  No matter how much time you’ve wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow.” — Denis Waitley

I confess — I have been a terrible blogger!   Where have I been?  What have I been doing? And what makes me think anyone even cares?  Important questions?  Not!!!  I will confess that since my last post I’ve managed to take procrastinating to new heights.

Don’t worry I’m not going to bore you with the details.  I am going to give you my recipe for the best Pesto ever.  I made my first batch of the summer yesterday.  Yum!  I cut this recipe out of Newsday a long time ago and have been making it every summer since.

Old Fashioned Pesto with Penne:  3-10 cloves of garlic, 3 1/2 cups fresh basil 1/2  cup grated Parmesan cheese, 4 tablespoons pine nuts, 3/4 cup olive oil, 1 pound of penne or favorite kind of pasta– 1.  Combine garlic with basil, Parmesan, and pine nuts in a food processor and process until smooth.  Slowly pour in olive oil in a steady stream and blend until smooth. 2. Cook one pound of pasta according to package directions and drain. Add pesto to pasta while pasta is still hot.  Makes 4-6 servings.

There’s still time for you to plant a pot of basil by your back door — you can have fresh pesto anytime– don’t procrastinate — do it!

P.S. Pablo Picasso or Denis Waitley — How do you mange the minutes of your life?