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Rucola Pesto with Sun Dried Tomatoes

Written by Published on Updated on June 5, 2019 in Appetizers

Hey there!!

How is everyone? Looking forward to the weekend?  I surely am!! Definitely in need of  some R&R and fast. 🙂   My first lesson started very early in the morning, so by the time I was able to take a break it was lunch time, and I was starving. 🙂  It has been some what of a challenging week, but I am still going strong, tired but strong. 🙂  

I had planned before hand what I wanted to have for lunch, it was going to be Rice with Rucola Pesto.  Sound interesting to you???  I went to the kitchen took out my pots and pans and got to work. I went ahead and boiled the rice, while preparing the Pesto. I had already shopped for Rucola, and Parsley a few days ago, so there was no need to run out to the market to shop for any of the ingredients. 

I  love Pesto!!! I prefer Tomato instead of the Basil because I find that the Basil is just a bit to strong for my tastebuds.  This Pesto recipe makes a great topping for Chicken, Fish and of course Pasta. 🙂   

RUCOLA PESTO WITH SUN DRIED TOMATOES

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Ingredients
  

  • 300 grams Rucola
  • 200 grams Parsley
  • 1/4 cup Olive Oil
  • 2 Garlic Cloves optional
  • 6 Sun Dried Tomatoes drained from excess oil
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese

Instructions
 

  • Place all the ingredients into a blender or a food processor and blend on high speed.

Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

12 Comments

  1. Ritu
    March 29, 2019 at 6:37 am  ·  Reply

    Ooh yummy!

  2. Lisa@LismorePaper
    March 29, 2019 at 7:28 am  ·  Reply

    Happy Friday! I hope you can rest up this weekend. This sounds delicious and I share your thoughts on the basil. 💕

  3. iScriblr
    March 29, 2019 at 4:54 pm  ·  Reply

    Looks delish! 🙂

  4. Megala
    March 30, 2019 at 6:45 am  ·  Reply

    Yum! Makes my mouth water!! 🙂

  5. Diana Tyler (la muse excentrique) ☕
    April 1, 2019 at 2:38 pm  ·  Reply

    YUMMY!! 😋 I miss your mouthwatering posts!

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