my child eats basil like it's candy

Basil plants are flourishing which is a sure sign that we are deep into summer.  I love love pesto and I think I've passed that gene onto Everdeen.  In fact, every time we pass the basil plants she stoops down and without even using her hands takes a bite out of a basil leaf and loudly says, "Mmmmmm!" haha :) 

In honor of summer and in honor of my three year old liking basil like it's some amazing type of candy that grows in the ground, here is my favorite pesto recipe. It truly only takes minutes to whip up and we usually eat off of it all week.  I really want to make up several batches to freeze so we can taste summer all winter long. 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Pine Nuts

1 tsp coarse salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1 Tbsp minced garlic

4 cups loosely packed basil leaves

4 oz Asiago Cheese

2 oz Parmesan Cheese

1 cup olive oil

Blend ingredients together in a food processor (scraping the sides as needed) adding the olive oil last.  Enjoy and let me know if you make some in honor of these last weeks of summer!