2 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
1 cup chopped flat leaf parsley
1/4 cup toasted breadcrumbs
2 cloves minced garlic
3 tbsp light miso paste 1/3 cup water
2 tbsp grated parmesean (optional)
Directions
in food processor, combine everything except water. pulse til finely
minced. with machine running, slowly add water until it reaches
desired consistency. serve with pasta or whatever your heart desires!
Servings: 6 servings
Lowfat Pesto Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Diet; Healthy; Italian; Low Fat; Sauce
The History of Recipes
Written recipes as a concept can be traced way back into history, certainly as far back into recorded history as early Egypt, and maybe further still. However, sadly, these ancient cook books were just very basic pictorial instructions for meal preparation.
In an interesting twist, the oldest recipe discovered, according to experts in ancient history is a series of stone tablets in ancient Sumerian which recount the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made people feel blissful. Continuing our culinary historical journey, there were a couple of recipe books which appeared in the 14th Century ; a book called `Forme of Cury`, and another entitled `Curye on Inglish`. Surprisingly, these are nothing to do with the spicy food that is familiar to us all today, but instead descriptions of the types of meals cooked for the rich people of those days. Later on, in the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought back many foods and herbs from the Middle-East, such as basil and rosemary. The introduction of these new herbs and spices was responsible for an explosion in manuscripts on cookery, some of which still exist in private collections. Over the succeeding few hundred years, the families of Europe competed with each other to lay on the most extravagent meals, and as a result cooks and their collection of recipes were much in demand. Even so, it was during the 19th century the formal cooking and recipe publications really came of age. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, dedicated years of their lives to assembling, trying out, and recording recipes that were common in the better off homes of the day. When we get to the twentieth century, cookbooks were in high demand, mostly as a result of increased literacy, more free time and having more disposable income. The TV revolution gave us cooking programs and the demand for the accompanying recipe books. Which brings us neatly to the present day and the invention of computers and the internet, allowing us all to search through massive numbers of recipes like those on sites such as the one you are reading now. |
We hope you enjoy this Lowfat Pesto recipe.
