I think masa musim Spring and Summer ni, people yang baca blog I lagi suka tengok I tempek gambar trees and plants and flowers dari tempek gambar food rasanya, hehehe. I can understand completely sebab kebanyakan gambar plants yang I post a bit 'pelik' sikit and takde kat Malaysia kan tu yang menarik minat, hehehe. Ingat weekend ni nak pergi ronda2 the beautiful parks around Perth ni nak ambil gambar plants and flowers yang cantik2 to post on this blog. But unfortunately, the other half has a mountain of exam papers to be marked. Nak buat macam mana kan, dah end of semester and end of exam weeks kat Perth ni so kenalah dia bertungkus lumus mark the papers. Maybe next weekend kot baru boleh jalan2 cari bunga :-). So, sementara tu, you just have to be satisfied with my food photos aje lah ye, tak pe kan ;-).

The other half has been asking for sausages and pesto pasta for dinner everytime he sees our basil plants outside yang tengah hidup membesar dengan suburnya sampai dah keluar bunga lagi tu ,hahaha. Yelah kan, setiap kali guna the basil leaves, cuma ambil 2-3 helai aje so banyak lah lagi yang tak terguna. So, dari terbiar di makan caterpillars, I made basil pesto with it.

These are the ingredients for making basil pesto. Basil leaves (obviously!), parmesan cheese, olive oils, toasted pine nuts, garlic and salt & pepper.

Then put everything apart from oil into the food processor and blitz them until mixed. then pour the oli gradually until it becomes a paste like this......

I know it looks a bit like sambal cili hijau but rasa dia memang jauh panggang dari api, hehehe.


Ini pulak trussed tomatoes that I roasted in the oven to add into the pasta


And this is the final product, penne with sausages and pesto and roasted tomatoes. Both the Little Misses siap bertambah2 lagi makan dinner malam ni. Daddy dia jangan cakap lah, memang lah sampai 3 kali tambah, wahkahkahkahkah......