Guest guest Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 This isn't a recipe but I love to use extra basil added in with my lettuce in salads with a vinegar dressing - it's really cooling and refreshing. Any kind of salad really but especially salads that are light on the toppings including veggies - dark lettuce leaves, basil, and walnuts are good with a balsamic dressing makes a really wonderful light salad to go along with a main dish when you just want a little something extra. You can also make great fruit salsa's substituting the cilantro for basil. For people who happen to grow to much mint in their gardens - it really grows all over doesn't it! One way to "get rid of it" without feeling guilty because you are simply pitching it is to take a large handful of mint and put it in a tied off cheesecloth and put it under the hot/warm water when you are running a bath. Very refreshing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 I'm just wondering if anyone here has recipes that make good use of basil. My little herb garden is full of the stuff. I've been doing the tomatoes-and-basil thing, but I imagine you guys have even more interesting recipes. And Paula, I'm in Oklahoma City, and still slowly prodding the family into vegetarianism. This is a good group, really! Dyrinda As a new member of this group, and someone trying to incorporate vegetarianism into my life, I *do* hope there is room for those of us who are not "fully" vegetarian, but are trying to become so ... Paula J. Tulsa, OK - contact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowed contact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you. please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Dyrinda, Nice to "meet" you. We lived in OKC years ago -- I did my undergrad work at OK City University. I have lots of basil, as well. What about some pesto? You can put it on a cookie sheet lined with freezer paper in 1 T. increments, freeze it, and have fresh pesto long after the basil is gone. Since I just returned to work and am struggling with the logistics of it all at the moment, easy ideas such as this are what I ten to focus on! Best, Paula J. Tulsa, OK - I'm just wondering if anyone here has recipes that make good use of basil. My little herb garden is full of the stuff. I've been doing the tomatoes-and-basil thing, but I imagine you guys have even more interesting recipes.And Paula, I'm in Oklahoma City, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 I imagine you have been doing some pesto sauce too? That is a great way to use up fresh basil. I envy you your bountiful harvest. Mine didn't fair so well with our very hot dry summer and my lack of attention. I will look for some recipes in my files to see if I find some other interesting uses for basil, but until then, just toss it into everything! *lol* Mmmmm ~ PT ~ The discovery of what is true, and the practice of that which is good, are the two most important objects of philosophy. ~ Voltaire ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~~~~> , Dyrinda Tyson-Jones < dyrinda@c...> wrote: > I'm just wondering if anyone here has recipes that make good use of basil. My little herb garden is full of the stuff. I've been doing the tomatoes-and- basil thing, but I imagine you guys have even more interesting recipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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