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Penelope
Feb 3, 20222 min read
Roasted Salmon with Cilantro Pesto and Coconut Sauce
In celebration of the Lunar New Year, I thought it would be fun to try an Asian-inspired pesto sauce, and this recipe below - adapted...
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Penelope
Jan 22, 20222 min read
Creamy Kale & Walnut Pesto
I am a traditionalist when it comes to most food, but make an exception for pasta sauces that fit within the Italian tradition of making...
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Penelope
Jan 7, 20221 min read
Pesto, Mozzarella Panini with Peruvian Spice
I was craving a pesto panini sandwich for lunch today, but also wanted to bring the heat in the cold, snowy January weather, so I...
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Penelope
Oct 1, 20212 min read
Easy Spaghetti with Pesto and Fresh Salmon
This recipe is adapted from a New York Times recipe for Linguine with Pesto and Fresh Salmon. This recipe below takes twenty minutes or...
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Penelope
Jul 23, 20212 min read
Baked Zucchini Fries with Pesto and Aioli
I love summer food that can be served family-style and eaten standing up, if necessary, and that involves sticky fingers that can be...
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Penelope
Jul 9, 20212 min read
Beet Pesto Crostini
Confession: I am not a fan of beets. I have always found them to have a troubling texture (like a cold boiled potato, without the...
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Penelope
Jun 23, 20212 min read
The Mindfulness of Making Pesto
When you make as much pesto as we do for a living, you'd think you would eventually get bored. As it happens, however, the very opposite...
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Penelope
Mar 25, 20214 min read
Rememberances of Pestos Past
Twenty-odd years ago, when my husband and I first started dating, we decided to book a spring ski trip to Meribel in the French Alps. At...
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Penelope
Mar 12, 20212 min read
De-cluttering for Dinner
For the past few weeks, the weather has been cold, the pandemic dragging, and more than ever I have found myself understanding what...
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Penelope
Feb 18, 20212 min read
The Joy of Meals that Leave you Wanting More
The other day, I made toast for breakfast, using organic wholewheat sourdough bread from MOM's Organic Market, where we sell our Sugo...
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Penelope
Feb 3, 20212 min read
Sundried Tomato and Olive Pesto - and Why I Love Pesto Playdates
One such recent pesto playdate involved the Sun-dried Tomato and Olive from Patricia Well's Trattoria cookbook - a favorite of mine for many
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Penelope
Jan 25, 20212 min read
How it all Started, and the Joy of Frozen Pesto
Clearing out my overflowing freezer the other day, I came across two small Ziploc snack bags, each containing small portions of leftover...
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Penelope
Jan 5, 20212 min read
No Recipe Easy Pesto Chicken
To make, simply preheat oven to 350 degrees, season chicken breasts generously with salt, pepper and olive oil, and bake for approx. 35 mins
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