AUNT ERA and I cannot wait!!! 🥹🤰❤️

true, you could do this in a food processor, but when you make pesto by hand, you get to perfectly customize whether you like it smooth and uniform or rough and rustic 🤌…add a bit more olive oil to help this basil, garlic, and pine-nut wonder paste coat pasta or beans, or leave it a bit thicker to use as a spread on toast or to flavor your favorite proteins. I always start by mashing the garlic and pine nuts (or walnuts, or pistachios! or a mix) to smithereens, then add the salt and basil, mash again, then olive oil and Parmesan cheese (I add a little pecorino too) to desired taste and consistency…it’s perfect. let your inner nonna loose and enjoy! 💋🌿🧄

Ah, the @JOE & THE JUICE spicy tunacado. Sandwich of legends. Infuriatingly undeliverable to my house. Behold, my cheater’s homemade version featuring Wasa crisps as a healthier/easier swap for their usual focaccia, whipped tuna “mousse,” freshest avocado and tomato slices, pickled and raw jalapeños multiple ways, and a delightful splash of hot sauce to really up the ante. Amounts are loose on this choose your own adventure of a copycat creation, so feel free to make it your own!! Recipe for the pesto specifically coming tomorrow! 💋🐟

I cannot stop making this Spoon Salad 🥗🥄 a dazzling array of finely chopped cucumbers, bell peppers, chiles, scallions, parsley, mint, a scattering of beans of your choosing, maybe a crumble of feta cheese if you like that sort of thing, all dressed up in the most gorgeous citrus-maple vinaigrette! and you can eat it with a spoon! 🎉🌈 it’s so filling and fresh and vibrant and crunchy, it eats like the rainbow and is my current spring fling…but I plan on making it my summer lover, too

usher in spring with a Key Lime Daiquiri!🍊🍋🌴 find the full recipe at the link in my bio🍹