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I hope your labor day weekend was wonderful and relaxing.

These are the thoughts that sum up our weekend:

• Friday night, the water main to our apartment broke.  Thus, we had a much needed break.
• I went on a long run.
• too much studying
• dinner at my bosses house---best thing of the weekend. 
• we watched a lot of football. UT won.

and I made a lot of food.  A LOT.  Sort of because I now leave Sam alone two nights a week and want to make sure that he has adequate leftovers to eat.   I try.

Pinterest got me all excited to try new recipies.  Here are pics of the things I made (not all in one day...but still too much food).  I'll give you the recipies you should try and tell you what not to waste your time on later.  Just enjoy.

um see. I told you.  and I didn't cook Sunday night.

A Summer of Giveaways

I hope your weekend was as good as mine.  Sleeping in, reading, and relishing in days with the husband.

Halfway through book 7 of Harry Potter. 

If you are looking for a fun, easy recipe that feels any family well, check out where I am guest posting.

Elise is my newest bloggy friend, and I hope you will enjoy her as much as I do! 

Elise's pieces is where I am today; and because this summer is so hot and miserable,

it has become the summer of giveaways!

pesto, pesto, pesto!

In the summer, I love pesto. 
Just kidding, I love it year round.
But I especially love it in the summer.
On pasta, fish, sandwhiches, you name it, I'll put pesto on it.

I got this easy pesto recipie out of a magazine last summer and it has been my go to ever since.  It's so easy and quick, and makes great great pesto! It only takes about 10 minutes and you will have extra that you can freeze for later.

what you need:
4 cups packed basil leaves
1 cup grated Parmesan
3/4 cup pine nuts (or walnuts)  Walnuts are much cheaper...that's what I use!
2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
1/2 tsp kosher salt
3/4 extra virgin olive oil

1. Combine all ingredients except oil in a food processor.  (Or, if you don't have one, like me, a blender will work).

2. Pulse until the mixture is finely chopped.

3. With motor running, slowly pour the oil into the feed tube. Or, if you have a blender and no feed tube; just add all the oil to the blender and blend.

Use immediately or freeze!!

Don't forget to enter the giveaway that ends this week!  Get your last entries in!  enter here!