pesto fest-o

i like pesto. i like how it's a bit higher up on the supermarket shelves, above all the eye-level pasta sauces, so i feel like i'm breaking some kind of marketing law when i have to tip-toe a little to reach it. i like how i tweeted about trying to find something to eat with it and mary replied, "everything.". i like how i can have it with just toast and that will be all i need. and i like how nobody else in the house likes it as much as i do. more for me.

i'm sure it'll all be very worth it if i take the time to make my own pesto. every homey food blogger says so. and all their naturally lit, high-contrast pictures of food porn almost always convince me. but i am consistently scraping the bottom of my work-life balance barrell for time, and, i'm sorry, blending greens is just not a priority for me right now.

thank god for waitrose.


(left) prawn salad on multigrain toast, cherry tomatoes tossed in orange vinaigrette and basil pesto, scrambled eggs. (right) pesto sauteed prawns with roasted asparagus and fresh tomatoes


roasted prawns on rocket and multigrain toast spread with pesto


(left) soy scrambled eggs with a side of pesto. (right) breakfast today: wholemeal toast, tomatoes tossed in olive oil & italian herbs on a bed of rocket, classic scrambled eggs, and pesto oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah

this looks like one of those women's magazine features. 5 items, 10 looks.