This week we made a slight variation to this segment and did some cooking using the fresh produce we had grown in our veggie patch!

Our veggie patch really thrived despite the lack of water. We put this down to good fertilizer (sheep manure) and a good layer of pea straw on top!

As the beans and tomatoes were still not quite ready, we decided on something which used the beautiful basil and the lettuce from the garden. We decided to make some pesto to have with pasta and a nice fresh salad.

Ingredients:

•Generous cup of basil leaves

•Half a cup of olive oil

•Cup of parmesan cheese

•Two cloves of garlic

•Half a cup of pine nuts

How to:

Grind pine nuts in a mortar and pestle until they are a paste.

Slowly drizzle in the oil

Add garlic

Add your torn up basil leaves

Continue to grind these ingredients in the mortar and pestle until smooth. (You can use a food processor but the mortar and pestle works well with the kids!)

Finally stir through the cheese.

Serve through spaghetti. Yum!