pesto, pesto, pesto….  :) and food art featuring fresh-picked garlic

pesto, pesto, pesto…. :) and food art featuring fresh-picked garlic

I am blessed to have a space in a “borrowed/cooperative” garden  in which I have enough basil plants that I can pick enough basil at one time to equal 3 packed cups.  Time for pesto, of course! An added bonus was freshly picked garlic from 

I’ll never buy pre-cooked shrimp again!

I’ll never buy pre-cooked shrimp again!

I actually never bought shrimp until I met my husband.  Oh sure, I’ve eaten it at parties and when out to dinner, but I never bought it and prepared it myself.  And, since 2003, I’ve been buying the pre-cooked kind when Steve gets a hankering 

Finally – Ultimate Hummus!!!

Finally – Ultimate Hummus!!!

I love Middle Eastern food, and have been making hummus for years – and doing a pretty darn good job it too, I might add. 🙂 However, being prone to experimenting, combining recipes, and just plain guessing on measurements, sometimes the texture or flavor would