Do you think if I whizzed up basil, olive oil and some sunflower seeds it would make something approaching pesto?

[TooTicky]

[hopeful]

We don't all eat cheese - could sprinkle some on for those that do.

Try it! I love pesto but the children are put off by the pinenuts - a milder sunflowery taste might work. Basil is heavenly.

Garlic?

Yes, I think it would work.
There aren't many pine nuts in most bought pesto, anyway.

Bugger! Must've imagined the sunflower seeds - can only find poppy and sesame. What now?

Oh yes, garlic!

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Oh heck.

I wasn't hecking cod, I was hecking my lack of sunflower seeds.

Well I think pasta with a sort of garlicky basil paste would be quite nice actually
Sure you've got basil?

Yup, got basil. Shall I fry the garlic a bit to tame it?

I made my first ever batch of edible pesto last night, the recipe added a grilled tomatoe, was yummy and not too garlicy

Ooh, wonder if I could sneak in a tomato... ds1 is tomatophobic.

Oh wonderful, thanks!!

what about sauce vierge - tomato, garlic, basil and lemon juice. Google a recipe - strictly speaking you should peel, seed and dice the tomato.

argh I did that tomato potatoe thing!! tomato, tomato, tomato

Sauce vierge looks good.
I whizzed basil, olive oil, garlic, cucumber, sesame seeds, lemon juice, a wee bit of salt and pepper... and it was very good!

May I be a bit picky here?? There is no receipe for pesto....pesto refers to 'pestle and mortar' where the stuff is ground together,and refers to any sauce, so it is a generic term. The beautiful green stuff is specifically pesto genovese. I thank ewe.

am I being a ponce???

No Pan, you're being informative, and I'm glad to have learned that, actually.

Now I can be a ponce too

Seriously - interesting to know, thanks

Wow! Thanks
May I add (for those who do not know) that sushi is not raw fish....it may contain raw fish, but raw fish is sashimi.

oooooh..didn't know that!!