The recipe chosen this week for CEiMB, using Ellie Krieger's book, The Food You Crave,
was selected by Liz at The Not So Skinny Kitchen and is Pesto Potato Salad.
It
can be found on page 144. The recipe for making the pesto can be found
on pages 144-145. Both recipes can also be found here.
Thanks,
Liz, this is one of those recipes that I would have passed by had it
not been for your selection, and now that I have made it, and it was
such a hit, I will be making it again and again. We have lots of basil
this summer and this recipe is a fine use for some of it.
I used this
recipe two ways, last night I made it and served it at room temperature
with grilled flank steak. With the other half of the recipe, I chilled
it and will use it cold, the way the recipe instructs.
The only things I changed were that I peeled the potatoes after they cooked as some of my guys don't like potato skins, and I had Mark grill the peppers with the steak and then I cut the peppers in chunks for the potato salad with pesto as I thought we would like both the potatoes and peppers cooked, not just the potatoes. It was really good that way, we enjoyed the cooked potatoes with the cooked peppers and I am looking forward to trying it all cold for lunch.
Next week's hostess is Peggy at Pantry Revisited. She has selected the Panzanella with Chicken Sausage recipe on page 146 of So Easy. You can find the CEiMB blogroll here.