I'm just cooking Pasta!

It's so hot! I just came from the office and arriving home at 4 in the afternoon is such a rare event. Well, my mama greeted with me a refreshing glass of orange juice and I am in the mood to eat some pesto.

Currently, I'm cooking pasta and I have some 3 minutes of cooking time before it's done. Over the past week, I've been wanting to cook my own pesto sauce and although I've purchased a bottle of olive oil and basil, I still haven't made my own pesto.

I've been using ready-made Filippo Berio Classic Pesto that I bought at Savemore. As with the basil, I purchased the basil plant and have transferred it to a pot, another addition to my growing herb garden! =)

I'm not really a good cook so let me just share with you how I make my pesto:

1. Cook your pasta. I used Royal Pasta and boil it for around 12 to 15 minutes. To boil around 300g of pasta, don't forget to sprinkle salt and a tablespoon of olive oil (cooking oil will do) in 4 liters of water.
2. Strain the pasta and rinse it with tap water. It's important to drain and strain the pasta immediately after turning the heat off because leaving it swimming in hot water could actually make your pasta overcooked!
3. After fully draining your pasta, you may now mix Philippo Berio Classic Pesto. The pesto label says that you may put 6 to 8 spoonfuls of pesto to your pasta. I don't really follow the instructions and just estimate the amount of pesto that I need.
4. After mixing, your pesto is now ready! But I recommend adding some pepper and fine salt to suit your taste.
5. Add cheese! I couldn't imagine pasta without cheese. Parmesan cheese is best for Pesto, but I use what's currently on stock: Eden Cheese! =)

Enjoy your pesto! I'm not a good cook but I do enjoy preparing this simple recipe. And what's best about this is that my family enjoys eating my pesto, too. No sweat pesto courtesy of Filippo Berio!