Healthy Christmas Entree: Prawns & Asparagus with Basil Aioli

Barbecued prawns are a healthy favourite for an Aussie Chrissy lunch, and taste great when topped with a zesty creamy dressing. S…

Recipe Ideas: Wondering What To Do with Purple Basil?

First harvest of the season on 6/28: a pound of Red Rubin basil from three plants. Four years ago I grew my first purple basil—an…

Genovese Basil Bread

On a cool, rainy holiday when Toby is out working on the cabin and the garden weeds will wait until the sun comes up, baking brea…

Tomato-Basil Biscuits

The basil keeps coming, even while I'm working in the kitchen freezing corn with my new toy (I'll post on that soon) and …

Tomato-Basil Tart

When summer heaps its blessings of real garden-fresh tomatoes and pungeant basil upon me, I find as many opportunities to use the…