"Giusi" > wrote in message
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> "Paul M. Cook" ha scritto nel messaggio
>>I harvested my first batch of basil and it made 2 cups of the best pesto.
>> > So who's got some good pesto recipes? I broke my low-carb diet and had
>>pesto with pasta. It was worth the glucose spike. But I can't do that
>>very > often. I'm thinking chicken and fish dishes.
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>> Paul
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> In Liguria, where Pesto Genovese comes from,. they serve it with pasta,
> potatoes and green beans so the carb load is lighter.
> When rotisserieing or roasting a chicken, you can loosen the skin from the
> bird, stuff in and massage around a bunch of pesto, then cook at a high
> temp to get crispy and delicious meat.

OK, now that sounds just what I want.

> Toast bread and spread pesto on it for crostini.
> Stir into fresh vegetable soup.
> Stir into a simple risotto.

Gotta go easy on the carbs. I can see going crazy with a roasted spatchcock
chicken and pesto, though. And grilled tomatoes.

Paul