Kale Pesto - My Return a Hiatus.

So! I haven't posted anything for ages as have been so busy. I finished the year doing my MA but decided not to carry on. At the beginning of August I was searching for jobs and thanks to one of my amazing friends help and advice I landed a job in the food industry in new product development - YAY! So happy, but since have ended up being so busy that I've done so much less cooking than I had previously.

However, today I am getting back into yummy cooking at home so I whipped this pesto up as a mid-afternoon snack and was very happy with the results. It's so tasty and earthy with the kale, it's quick and goes with lots of other lovely food and all just thrown in a food processor.

Kale Pesto

100g Curly kale, storks removed
Half a pack of fresh basil (about 15g)
35g Parmesan or other Italian hard cheese, grated
25g Pinenuts
2 small or 1 large clove of garlic roughly chopped
Zest and juice of half a lemon
75ml Extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper

• First, tear the kale up and wash then place into a microwaveable bowl (it doesn't have to be drained too much as some of the water will steam the kale). Cover the bowl and place in the microwave for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes on high until nearly cooked. Remove from the microwave and rinse under cold water. Squeeze out all the excess water and place in the food processor.
• Then, place everything else in the bowl and blend until a coarse puree.
• Spread on delicious seeded bread, as a canapé, in a sandwich, or (as I did) eat it straight from the bowl with a spoon.  

Poor picture as my flash wasn't working, but you get the idea.

I had mine on some seeded rye bread with sliced tomatoes.
Excuse the socks, I wanted to be comfy.

So there it is. 

Hopefully there will be some more delicious recipes being put up soon.