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{rosemary tomato pesto}

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August 30, 2011 By | 31 Comments

 

One of my all-time favorite dinners is pasta with pesto. It’s so quick and easy to make and soooo delicious!!
Well, to make things a little more challenging than just opening a jar of pesto, I decided to make my own.
My mom has two big bushes of rosemary in front of her house, which smell amazing when entering the door. So, one day we put one and one together and decided on a rosemary-tomato-pesto. Yum!
Unfortunately I can’t really give any exact measurements of ingredients, since we made it from scratch and just added everything until the pesto had a good consistency, but this is what we used (for three jars):
  • fresh rosemary (about 3 stalks)
  • sun-dried tomatoes (about 1 cup, marinated in oil)
  • parmesan (about 1 cup)
  • pine nuts (about 1 cup)
  • olive oil (until you get a smooth consistency)
  • garlic (about 3 cloves)
  • salt & pepper (to taste)

How to:
  1. Grind pine nuts and rosemary in a food processor.
  2. Add garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, parmesan and olive oil and blend until you get a smooth consistency.
  3. Season to taste with salt & pepper.
  4. Enjoy as a dip or on pasta! ;)

I’m partying here! ♥

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{nifty thrifty sunday #20}

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August 27, 2011 By | 19 Comments

Welcome to this week’s {nifty thrifty sunday}!
I really appreciate you stopping by and partying with me!
I hope everyone had a wonderful week and an even better weekend so far! ;)

Here are some of my favorites from last week’s {nifty thrifty sunday}:

{1} Homework: Granny square birdhouse
{2} Southern Lovely: Polymer clay necklace

 

{3} Chameleon Girls: CheeryO bowls
{4} Rindy Mae: Garlic parmesan pull-apart bread

 

{5} Something Swanky: From cake bites to cake pops
{6} The Turquoise Piano: Bench makeover

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{floral friday #29}

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August 26, 2011 By | 8 Comments
This week’s {floral friday} is a little different than the others. This past week was a very busy week for us and I just did not get a chance to slow down and take pretty floral pictures.. So, I’ll substitute with a collection of iphoneography pictures for this week. ;)

Hyacinths
as seen in {floral friday #8}


ranunculus
as seen in {floral friday #3}


orchids
as seen in {floral friday #13}


tulips
as seen in {floral friday #1}


daisies
as seen in {floral friday #19}

I’m partying here! ♥

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{pictures from holland}

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August 23, 2011 By | 16 Comments
We are back from a wonderful 4-day trip to Holland!
Our destination was Soest, which is located about 45 minutes outside of Amsterdam. Our friends (who moved from Texas to Europe last year as well) invited us to spend a long weekend with them.
We arrived around 5pm on Friday afternoon and spent the evening in their cute little town.
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On Saturday we took the train to Amsterdam, where we spent all day walking around, gazing at the beautiful buildings and canals. We bought lunch at a local store and had a picnic in Vondelpark. Before leaving this beautiful city we took a boat tour through the Grachten (canals). Very worth the 8€!
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We spent Sunday morning in the dunes in Soest. I’ve never seen so much sand that’s not by the beach..
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And went to Amersfoort after lunch to walk around town. Amersfoort is a really cute little town. Definitely worth a stop when you’re traveling by! ;)
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I’m partying here! ♥

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{nifty thrifty sunday #19}

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August 20, 2011 By | 15 Comments
Thank you all so much for stopping by and linking up with me last week!
As I mentioned last week, the hubby and I are in Amsterdam this weekend, visiting friends (and I hope the pictures are turning out alright..). But I still can’t be cut off from the digital world completely. So, welcome to this week’s {nifty thrifty sunday}! ;)

 

Here are some of my favorites from last week’s {nifty thrifty sunday}:

{1} A Pretty Life in the Suburbs: Coconut Sugar Scrub
{2} Show Tell Share: Pavlova
{3} Annemarie’s Breiblog: Crochet Jam Jar
{4} Elisabeth Andrée: Yarn Bowl
{5} Simple Girl: Plum Cake “Tatin”
{6} Creative Juice: DIY Lantern

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