Herbs are good ingredients in cooking and the most popular when it comes to culinary benefits is basil. There are many varieties of this herb (I mentioned 10 in one of my articles) but I would highy recommend the best herbal ingredient for your cooking is the sweet basil. If you are not familiar with the varieties, and will be trying for cooking for the first time - I tell YOU - find the sweet basil variety (these are common in veggie shelves in your favorite supermarket). These variety is also the best for pesto sauces ( Hmmmmmmmmmmmm Very YUMMY!!!)
Make Your Home-made Pesto Sauce - This is not hard work.
Turn your food prcessor (or blender) on and add a big clove of peeled garlic. Then add 1 cup of sweet basil leaves. When the leaves are minced, add 1 1/2 tablespoon of pine nuts (walnuts can be substituted in the absence of pine nuts), dash of salt, dash of pepper. Blend thoroughly. As you blend this, add 1/4 cup of olive oil little by little then lastly, add 1/4 cup of grated parmesan cheese. Continue processing until the desired consistencyis achieved. you may also add water if the sauce is too thick.
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