We have some delicious fresh walnuts (thank you very much Sara) and one of the things we did with them was to make pesto.
We harvested what is probably the last basil for the season and added garlic and salt.
This was done outside because sometimes to get food made it has to be in the places that meet everyone's needs, including the baby who loves being in the sandpit.
Timo pulverizes the roasted walnuts:
The pesto:
And one of the advantages of doing stuff outside is that we get to watch the local wildlife that we would miss if we were in the kitchen. This mataku-moana (white faced heron Ardea novahollandiae ) came along for a visit:
