A few years ago I was just starting to garden. I found a nice piece of land in our new backyard and started clearing the area I wanted to use. I can say that it was a lot of hard work. Justin, myself and the lids worked at that piece of land and when it was finally ready, off I went to the garden center.
It was that first year I had gone off to the garden center to buy plants and I had purchased one plant called lemon balm. As I was getting ready to put it in my new garden a friend suggested, very strongly that I not put it in my garden but find a container or something for it. Well, naturally I did not listen. I planted that lemon balm under a tree in our front yard. My husband told me it would never grow because I planted it under a pine tree and that they were too acidic for plants to grow under them – hahaha. We have a giant bush of lemon balm that has grown just a little bigger every year, and oh my word does it smell divine. Every year I think to myself, “What on earth should I do with all this?” and every year I do nothing. This year I decided to not let it go to waste and researched different ways to use it. One way is to make pesto, I was apprehensive about lemon pesto but I thought I would give it a try, it is absolutely fabulous. The pesto has a subtle lemon flavor that is quite mellow and a wonderful aftertaste. Perfect for pasta, chicken, fish or just plain on crackers.
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Linguini with Lemon Balm Pesto
Quick and easy, this pasta dish has a wonderful, subtle lemon flavor. Serve with sautéed vegetables and a garden salad for a complete meal.
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Instructions
Bring water with 1 teaspoon of salt to a boil and add pasta. Cook according to the manufacturers' directions
Strain pasta in a colander and rinse well with luke warm water
Add the pasta back into the cooking pot and add the olive oil and lemon balm pesto, stir well
Add the reserved water a little at a time until desired consistency is reached
Stir pasta and add the parmesean cheese and then salt and pepper, to taste, if desired
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A few years ago I was just starting to garden. I found a nice piece of land in our new backyard and started clearing the area I wanted to use. I can say that it was a lot of hard work. Justin, myself and the lids worked at that piece of land and when it was finally ready, off I went to the garden center.
