Just put your lips together and blow: almond and dandelion greens pesto (with pasta and roasted chicken)

“One man’s weeds are another’s dinner,” I thought, as I plucked the dandelions growing alongside the sidewalk while a man stared at me as I weeded his front property.  While he saw a runner picking weeds, I saw culinary possibilities. I blew on the feathery flowers (just for fun) and as the fuzzy petals hit the breeze I wished that more people used dandelion greens in their cooking repertoire rather than pass them up. Although I did not eat these (you never know what kind of fertilizer they had…) it was this wish which was the inspiration for this week’s simple pleasure: almond and dandelion greens pesto. Read the rest of this entry »