pesto pasta

we had our friends over who just came back from austria where they saw morgana. she had been telling them about making pesto . . so today we had them over for a visit to make pesto!

after mixing the basil, pine nuts, a clove of garlic and the olive oil in the food processor, we stirred in the parmesano cheese.

we spread the first batch on a pizza crust from whole foods and added artichoke hearts and fresh mozzarella cheese (oh! and of course a generous sprinkling of oregano).

then we made another batch with baby spinach, a tablespoon of lemon juice and a teaspoon of lemon rind, and once again: pine nuts, olive oil and parmesano.

we also had small goat cheese ravioli and cheese tortellini that i had bought from raffetto's on which to spread the sauce . . 

. . . and a spinach salad with orange slices, apple slices, toasted pepitos and olive oil and balsamic vinegar. it was a very green meal!

buon appetito.

afterwards we face-timed with morgana on stefan's phone.

and then morgana went to sleep (it was about eleven o'clock at night her time) . . 

and we had dessert: strawberry ice cream, whipped cream and fresh raspberries.

the younger people played rainbowland which was a favorite of the girls when they were little. korrina helped with remembering the rules before she ran off to work.

it was a fun night.