Pesto party!

I have never before possessed so much basil. Kate at The Food Project told me that it was so that I could make and freeze a bunch of pesto. I've never done this, but I suppose this is the week?

Here was our take this week:

• 2 bunches of basil plants (to get some perspective on this, take a normal plastic shopping bag from Stop & Shop and just cram it with basil).
• 1 head of lettuce.
• 8 leaves of chard.
• 1 head of green garlic.
• 3 tomatoes.
• 3 ears of young corn.
• 1 bag of mix n' match. I choose four cucumbers, 4 green onions (with full bulbs), and a big piece of fennel with fronds.
• 2 quarts of pick your own beans.
• Herbs, and I picked some thyme, winter mint, dill, and cilantro.

The farm provided a recipe for a fennel garlic spread that I'm going to have to try, because I have all the stuff for it here. Then I guess there will be some pesto.

I completely slept through dinner after my violin lesson yesterday. This morning I got up early and made one of my standard stirfry stews...a 1/2 pound of steak, one potato, one pepper, one onion, and some worcestershire sauce. Not bad! I ate it all at lunch, and then, I fear, ate BBQ at a company event, and later had some mussels at a little Italian restaurant. I made up for my missed dinner!