Daily Archive: May 15, 2012

Pesto Post-o

Remember when I posted a photo of my pesto dinner and kept promising to share the recipe?    I never promised a timely post, but I’ve finally gotten my act together.   Since I’m not a chef, I’m not really sure about the proper measuring techniques on things like lettuce and fresh herbs.  My scale is like fistful, really big fistful, and double fisting it.  Not exactly Julia Childs status.  So I’m apologizing in advance for the way I describe the amounts I used.  Really Green Pesto [vegan, gluten free, FODMAPs free, nut free] Ingredients:… Read more >

Philly: Old Nelson on the go

After brunch, my parents had to head to the airport, but Kyle and I still had a few hours to kill. We filled the time with a long stroll through campus followed by a trip to the 30th street train station.  We bought SEPTA tickets to the airport and food for the flight.  I’m sorry (but not really?) to say, I didn’t make into a Wawa over the weekend.   For non-Philly readers, I’d liken the chain to 7-Eleven, but for me the nostalgia of getting both coffee and soft pretzels is what makes the… Read more >