Please Don't Feed the Mom

Helping you filter through all that you want to, but don't have time to so you can not feel guilty about it. You know that feeling you get when you hear there's something new on the scene that will benefit your child and without it they'll fail life miserably and end up just like you? Never fear - you're not the first Mom to need to go on a parenting "diet." Who has time to read all the experts or blogs? Certainly not me, so don't expect a post every day, but I'll try =)

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Pistachio Pesto - i.e., Bugs in Green Grass

Source: Parents Magazine, December 2010

Makes 6 cups.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup packed spinach
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup shelled pistachios
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp. salt
1 clove garlic, quartered
12 oz. dried pasta, cooked and drained

DIRECTIONS
Put spinach, oil, nuts, cheese, salt, and garlic in food processor. Process until smooth. Toss with pasta and serve.

The boys picked out insect-shaped pasta. We added lemon juice because the garlic taste was SO strong.
Score ended up being 2-1-2. Daddy and I liked it. Spike ate it, however s-l-o-w-l-y and Curly wanted nothing to do with it. Trilogy just stared at it. The ease was a plus, but next time I'll think twice about mixing in all the pasta and instead leave some bugs who are allergic to the "grass" out for more picky eaters.