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Aug 10, 2009 9:13 AM
Here in the Northeast we are worried about our tomato crop. Not only are we having a particularly soggy, cool summer, but there is a blight afflicting tomatoes — the same one, they say, that did in the potatoes in Ireland many years ago. This renders the tomatoes that make it to maturity just that much more precious. Our basil is not diseased, however, and with all the rain, is happily blooming. Like the tomatoes, it could benefit from more sunshine, but it’s there for the picking and what better to do with it than make pesto? Especially as we don’t have a lot of tomatoes to pair with it? Instead we can toss the pesto with pasta or potatoes. I think I will stretch the tomatoes I get by chopping them up and making salsa with onions, chiles, basil and cilantro, all from the garden. Fresh salsa and jarred salsa verde and roasted corn salsa are guaranteed to make a summertime Mexican-inspired feast totally delicious.
Posted by 2756687 Aug 10, 2009 9:13 AM
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