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Penelope
- Feb 3, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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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