Fresh Herbs, Anyone?

This morning, as we were leaving for the day, Alex and I gave our plants lots of water to help them survive this heat wave. Alex asked if we could have some of the basil with dinner. That was a perfect suggestion because I was already planning to have ravioli for dinner.

When we got home tonight, we gave the plants more water, picked a few leaves, and went inside. I chiffonaded the basil, Alex did a taste test, and I thought we were good to go. However, Alex wasn't too happy when I served the dinner because he wanted his basil on a plate and not on top of the ravioli. After some conversation, we discovered that he just wanted a basil leaf to eat. So, I went and cut off a leaf, which he enjoyed very much. I guess that's one way to get him to eat some greens!

Yum!