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Ball Blue Book Basil Pesto

This upcoming weekend looks like tons of fun. I’ll be enjoying my last long run before the much anticipated Air Force Marathon on September 15th (hoping for perfect weather and a nice, easy run). Saturday we celebrate a wedding with our friends. YAY! You know how I just love weddings. I have a really cute dress for it as well. Then it’s lots of play time with the pups. It’s nice to be home on weekends, enjoying the weather and tossing the ball for Zoey and Shane. One other little item of fun for us this weekend will be to [...]

By Joanne|2012-09-06T13:06:07-04:00September 6, 2012|Vegetarian|7 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Linguini with Asparagus Pesto

Check out our local cook book with every recipe sure to please the entire family. This week we’re cooking up Linguini with a delicious Asparagus Pesto sauce. It can be found on page 120 and the recipe was posted by Mario. If you want easy, absolutely tongue pleasing tasty, you want to make this pasta. A quick week night meal for sure. Serves 4 to 6 1 lb fresh asparagus 3 fresh basil leaves 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (I used pecans) 1 small clove raw garlic 1/4 tsp salt 3 TBS olive oil [...]

By Joanne|2011-05-14T19:26:09-04:00May 15, 2011|Taste of Utica|2 Comments

Obstacles and Fettuccine with Basil Pesto

A quote by Henry Ford Obstacles are those frightening things that become visible when we take our eyes off our goals. Initially, we are excited about our new goals, e.g. first marathon. Training comes easily since we are experiencing the thrill and excitement of reaching new heights and undertaking new challenges. This excitement fuels our daily training. It starts to get tough when there’s 2 to 3 weeks left before the event. Daily workouts are now greeted with a “just let me get through this and get it over with” attitude. Since we’ve invested 6 months of hard training to [...]

By Joanne|2010-09-17T06:16:12-04:00September 17, 2010|Quick Meals, Running|14 Comments

CEimB Pesto Potato Salad

This week’s recipe for Pesto Potato Salad had NO MAYO. It was my kind of salad except that it’s just not very photogenic. Or…was it just me? Picked by Liz of TheNotSoSkinnyKitchen. The recipe can be found on Liz’s blog or here at foodnetwork. It is an Ellie Krieger “The Food You Crave” recipe and Ellie claims “a definite crowd pleaser”. I immediately ignored the recipe directions and boiled my potatoes instead of steaming them. The skin falling off the potato was the result. In the book, the directions clearly indicate “….steam until cooked through but the skins remain intact….”. [...]

By Joanne|2010-07-07T16:36:17-04:00July 8, 2010|CEimB|10 Comments