Slide Show!!! Tip. Dump. Toss. Squeeze. Pour. Blend. Boil. Stir. Sauté. Drain. Dish. Grate. Eat. Being that I am currently non-ambulatory, I had to really improvise today when I wanted to make pesto for pasta. I was clean out of basil, but had a collection of other herbs, which ended up making an absolutely delicious pesto. I took what I had (curly parsley, mint, and baby greens consisting of arugula, chard, and spinach) and put it in my tiny food processor with a clove of garlic, a few small chunks of Pamigiano-Reggiano, a sprinkling of pine nuts, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt, and olive oil and blitzed it into a lovely and fragrant green paste. I then prepped the spring vegetables I had on hand (fresh asparagus, snap peas, and red bell pepper) and dished out a 1/4 cup of frozen baby peas into a little bowl. Boiled some salty water and added some medium pasta shells, while also sautéing the vegetables very quickly so they were barely cooked through and set them aside on a plate (off of the heat) until the pasta was super duper al dente. Be sure to reserve a small ladle of starchy pasta water before draining your pasta to help the pesto bind to the pasta!!!! I then put the pesto in the sauté pan with the heat on very low and let it heat through. Then dumped in the drained shell pasta and reserved vegetables, as well as a dash of the pasta water, and stirred to quickly incorporate all the ingredients into one cohesive dish - but only enough to heat all the ingredients through. Then, dished it out on a plate, grated some parmigiano-Reggiano on top and enjoyed with abandon!!! (I only used one serving of pasta here, but the volume of the vegetables made it feel like I was eating way more pasta than I was (which I wholeheartedly enjoyed!!!!) #dotrythisathome #pastashells #alternativepesto #mintandparsley #arugulaandspinach #parmigianoreggiano #pesto #pestopasta #primavera #pastaprimavera #eattherainbow #forkyeah #garlic #eeeeeats #eatstagram #foodstagram #feedfeed #food52 #food52grams #huffposttaste #thehungrytruffle #gracegothamgourmet #tasseltotable https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv7_-KylSfV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1nl3r1nqn0iew