{"id":3289,"date":"2010-04-30T07:30:18","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T12:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=3289"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:14:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:14:28","slug":"friday-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/30\/friday-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am so glad it&#8217;s Friday.\u00a0 Although it&#8217;s a crazy one.\u00a0 Lots of stuff going on today\/tonight.\u00a0 But right now- a big coffee and a little girl.<\/p>\n<p>Just got the boys out the door- it&#8217;s arbor day.\u00a0 Blake gets to head over to the green downtown, tonight is the talent show- Austin and his band are playing &#8220;Day Tripper&#8221; by the Beatles.\u00a0 Video will be taken for sure.\u00a0 Fo Sho.<\/p>\n<p>About to head off for a walk- I have been trying to do something- gym or our usual 4 mile walk- every week day.\u00a0 I just feel better when I do.<\/p>\n<p>A couple nights ago I made fresh pesto and it was probably the best batch I have ever made.\u00a0 It was so good I just kept dipping bread in it- yum!\u00a0 Eventually I tossed it with some whole grain pasta and fresh parm cheese and shared with Andy- boys are still suspicious of pesto, it is green after-all<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_7976\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4564912219\/img_7976.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4054\/4564912219_92e0d5f15e.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7976\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Start with the basil- I have three plants, I should probably get more since we eat so much of it<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_7977\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4565543972\/img_7977.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3367\/4565543972_37bd7c4613.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7977\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Add pine nuts.\u00a0 I love pine nuts.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_7978\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4565544770\/img_7978.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3377\/4565544770_53bfbbfd9c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7978\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>oil<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_7979\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4564914895\/img_7979.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4013\/4564914895_0a3da509ee.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7979\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>garlic<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_7980\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4565546690\/img_7980.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3250\/4565546690_4c42ca53a4.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7980\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>voila\u00a0 Pesto!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_7981\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4564916811\/img_7981.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3472\/4564916811_11d79d5ff0.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7981\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the recipe<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> 3 cups fresh basil leaves<\/li>\n<li> 1 1\/2 cups chopped pine nuts<\/li>\n<li> 4 cloves garlic, peeled<\/li>\n<li> 1\/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese<\/li>\n<li> 1 cup olive oil<\/li>\n<li> salt and pepper to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am so glad it&#8217;s Friday.\u00a0 Although it&#8217;s a crazy one.\u00a0 Lots of stuff going on today\/tonight.\u00a0 But right now- a big coffee and a little girl. Just got the boys out the door- it&#8217;s arbor day.\u00a0 Blake gets to head over to the green downtown, tonight is the talent show- Austin and his band are playing &#8220;Day Tripper&#8221; by the Beatles.\u00a0 Video will be taken for sure.\u00a0 Fo Sho. About to head off for a walk- I have been trying to do something- gym or our usual 4 mile walk- every week day.\u00a0 I just feel better when I do. A couple nights ago I made fresh pesto and it was probably the best batch I have ever made.\u00a0 It was so good I just kept dipping bread in it- yum!\u00a0 Eventually I tossed it with some whole grain pasta and fresh parm cheese and shared with Andy- boys are still suspicious of pesto, it is green after-all Start with the basil- I have three plants, I should probably get more since we eat so much of it Add pine nuts.\u00a0 I love pine nuts. oil garlic voila\u00a0 Pesto! Here is the recipe 3 cups fresh basil leaves 1 1\/2 cups chopped pine nuts 4 cloves garlic, peeled 1\/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1 cup olive oil salt and pepper to taste<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[535],"class_list":["post-3289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","tag-pesto-recipe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/4565543972_37bd7c4613.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15805,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3289\/revisions\/15805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}