Tag Archives: basil

Fluorescent Green Soup of Win (and a change in season)

Spring is well and truly here, although, being Brisbane, perhaps it is unfair to label it such. The season calls to mind mild days, the sound of trickling meltwater, lambs frolicking… No, this is Brisbane. September is a time for hailstorms, dive-bombing magpie attacks and a return to heat and humidity. The three-month Cold season [...]

Hey, Pesto!

I arrived home in Brisbane to find myself waist-deep in a few varieties of basil. They’re all potted in water-storing pots, which means they survived a month with no watering at all, until the rain started after Christmas. A surplus of basil means only one thing: Almond Pesto 1½ cups raw almond kernels 1 cup [...]