It's been coolish and very very rainy the last couple of weeks here in southeast Texas. As a result, my little herb garden is now overwhelmed by three varieties of basil: Sweet, something smaller more pointy and less fragrant that I'm calling Mystery Basil, and Purple Basil (really strong yummy flavor !).
Donde esta el cilantro? It vanished, choked out by its basil bedmates. Somehow these basils are surviving my notorious Black Thumb.
This morning I felt myself morphing into Forrest Gump, but trying to think of all the ways to use up the basil instead of shrimp. Basil pesto. Tomato basil soup. spaghetti sauce with basil, pico de gallo con basil, cheese omlettes with basil: basil leaves in salad greens, basil basil everywhere and even more than I can share.
