There are so many ways we can try herbs at home. Aside from adding it in dishes, drinking herb teas, my favorite is eating with herb pesto sauce. The first time I had a wonderful experience eating a dish with herb pesto sauce was when my husband and I dine in a restaurant that serves “Baked Oysters” together with toasted french bread and herb pesto sauce. I am not a fan of oysters, but because of their yummy pesto it was the best oysters I’ve ever eaten. Pestos are sauce consisting of usually basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and grated cheese. You can use a food processor, blender or if you’re a die hard a mortar set to make your very own herb pesto sauce. There are so many free recipes out there you can try at home using herb pesto sauce. But this recipe from allrecipes sounds the kind of herb pesto that I’ve been looking for.  Sal submitted this recipe. Here’s the ingredients and how-to:

Ingredients:

• 3 cups fresh basil leaves
• 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
• 4 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 cup olive oil
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. In a food processor, blend together basil leaves, nuts, garlic, and cheese. Pour in oil slowly while still mixing. Stir in salt and pepper.

Voila! You now have you’re own pesto. You can use this pesto as a sauce, filling to meat dishes, add to sandwich and many more. That’s how easy! But if you’re still not successful, you can always go for bottled pesto sauce that you can simply toss in cooked pasta available in stores.

basil herbs $2.95, bottled pesto sauce $10.99, pesto poster print $39.99, Very Pesto cookbook $4.16