There's Always Hope. And Pesto.

We've been regrouping from the bad news we received about the environmental fight we've been part of.  The other happy vegan has picked himself up, dusted himself off, and is back in the saddle. We both are ready to move forward, because as they say, it ain't over til its over.... and this one ain't over.

This past week we had our annual "stranding & salvage" training for endangered sea turtles, and this week coming we have our annual nesting training.  Its almost that time of year again; turtle time!  Tax day may be the 17th this year, but turtles don't wait for taxes.  The beach walks begin on the 15th, as they do every year.  The timing is a little ironic considering the environmental issue I've referenced above, and in my last post, involves (alleged, yeah right) illegal filling of submerged lands (Atlantic ocean kiddos) and shoreline hardening, which has eliminated nesting habitat for (yes, endangered) sea turtles.  I keep scratching my head over this one, but honestly this little patch of shoreline is kind of representative to some of us down here as "all that is wrong with some people and their attitudes."

So, we've got (alleged, yeah right) illegal issues going on with endangered species habitat, annual turtle training, and the usual "I'm too busy for anything extra" of this time of year, but.... I've got time for pesto!  Since I received my copy of Chloe's Kitchen cookbook, it has not left the prized spot on my counter on my dad's old iron trivet which supports my cookbook holder.  Today I made Chloe's avocado pesto.  I haven't done more than taste test this one with a sample, but I do believe she's got another winning recipe for me at hand.  The one thing I wasn't sure of was what type of avocado she used (being that she's a Cali girl, probably Hass, which is much smaller than our beloved Florida avocados), but I had Florida, so Florida it was.  I think I made double the recipe due to the avocado size issue, because I pretty much doubled all the rest of the ingredients.  It is very creamy, and quite flavorful (ok, ok, I added more than a little extra garlic, but hey, that's just me).

Helping to pull us out of our environmental funk, I've got pesto.  A good dose of hope that right WILL eventually prevail, and the endangered species WILL get their habitat back SOMEDAY goes down even better with a fantastic dose of Chloe's pesto.