delicious weekend

and that was just breakfast!

Delicious discovery

My friend Denise called and said, 

"Hurry come over, I found some more watermelons in the garden and the basil needs cutting" 

So I was there lickety split.

 Got home with two ginormous melons and an armful of basil...

I Googled Watermelon Basil Cocktail 

because I was so thirsty...

 

and this is how the rest of my afternoon turned out....

click here for the recipe

and here for Postcards from Paradise

with Rebecca Recuerda mi Corazon

Haiku my Heart Friday

 Saturday breakfast

juicy red drops of summer

belly full of love

Haiku my Heart

Do you like to Haiku too?

Every Friday we gather at Rebeccas blog 

to share our love for simple poetry

Come along and join us

Sunday Funday

fresh snapper, 

    cold tequila, 

           taco bar, 

real good friends...

     the perfect recipe

Basil Pesto

It all started with an invitation 

to a friends garden who needed help 

harvesting her basil

YOU DO NOT HAVE 

TO KICK THIS HORSE TWICE!! 

I was there first thing in the morning

and now 2 days later

and pesto out the assto...

Thank you Denise for a JOY-filled day in my kitchen!

Basil Pesto

2 cups fresh basil leaves, packed

3 medium garlic cloves (never the mushy from a jar)

1/2 cup good quality extra virgin olive oil

1/3 cup walnuts or pine nuts

1/2 cup freshly grated quality Parmesan

salt and freshly ground black pepper

Combine all in food processor until smooth paste

Delicious on hot curly pasta so it grabs hold of the Pesto!

Store in fridge for several weeks. Freezes well too.

Joy Movement

Haiku my Heart Friday-Mango Salsa

peel chop squeeze toss taste

bright hot sweet like Mexico

summer in a bowl

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I love my kitchen

Summertime is my favorite season in the kitchen since I love fresh veggies and right now we are so blessed to have an abundance of tomatoes, cukes, onions  and peppers for Gazpacho, 

squashes for dinner and 

fresh herbs for EVERYTHING!!

I am planning a book to hopefully be printed in a few months 

with a collection of some of my favorite recipes!!