Homemade pesto

The very best pesto is the one you make yourself!

Oh yeah, this is for sure my daughters favorite. I have no clue how often i've made fresh pesto for Juney, but i probably don't want to know either, thinking i'm the most boring person in the world. But than again, i've told you my daughter hates eating vegetables - can you believe it?? - so this always is a great solution, while i'm making something different for the rest of our family.

This pesto is really super simple. But since i've made it so often, i just pour everything in, blend it, and voila, there's your pesto. If you (quickly) want to make something very tasteful, you can't go wrong with this pesto. So, for you i did my best, and wrote down what went in!

Unless i can't find any, i always buy a whole basil plant. They usually have about the same size, but sometimes they are just a bit bigger or smaller. Anyway, they go in whole. So not just the leaves, but for sure also the stems. Try it, you'll see.

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Homemade ravioli filled with ricotta, arugula and lime

Homemade ravioli filled with ricotta, arugula and lime

It did take me some time to get started today and i certainly wasn't all shiny this morning. I mean, i didn't exactly feel the way i did last week, when i wanted to bake those yummie raspberry ricotta scones, because it was a 'family thing' to do on a sunday. To blame was my sweet friend who celebrated her birthday in the centre of Amsterdam last night. (which was really nice, by the way!) And though we had a babysitter at home who really didn't care about the time we'd be back again, you always have to remember there are three children at home, who will wake you at about seven. Or at least, the little one will. Also on sunday's, and also (or especially) when you had some drinks. Which we did.

Lucky me, i got up really early yesterday, which made it automatically Nicolaas' turn today.. Poor him. So i was able to sleep a bit more, but my headache, by the time i got up, wasn't any less. Some aspirines saved me, and i decided to just take it easy today. None of us got out of our pyjama's, and everybody was just really relaxed, doing whatever they liked. Amazingly wonderful! All kids amused themselfs, playing chess (!!), reading some books, surfed a bit on the internet, or in Wolf's case (he's just one year old) made an icredible mess, but again: amused himself to the max, and so i didn't care.

I mean, i really could do anything i liked, and since i wanted to make homemade ravioli today, (which i never did before) i decided to give it a try. It took me two attempts, and ok, a good glass of wine - it's the best remedy they say for a hangover -  to get them right. The stuffing of ricotta and arugula with the zest of lime worked out very well, but the dough had to be thinner than i made them the first time. In the end, they came out lovely and my kids liked them a lot. I made a pesto to go with it, which was nice, but not really necessary. Just a few drops of some good quality extra virgin olive oil and freshly ground pepper, would have done the trick as well.

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