Veggies and basil!

It's that time of the year again, isn't it??

Dick and Lindy are being generous with their excess produce, of course....(the tomatoes are from my vines - in their garden!)

Lindy has a HUGE basil plant - she encouraged  me to take all I wanted.....so I snipped off quite a lot!

I've rinsed it and here I'm letting it dry a bit.  Isn't it lovely - it smelled fabulous! 

After it was mostly dry - I stripped off the leaves and placed on wax paper on a cookie sheet.

Into the freezer!!

A few hours later - quickly pulled it out of the freezer all crispy.

And then into a big baggie.....then quickly, while it was still frozen - I crushed it - balled it up - hit it with my hands - rolled a glass over it like a rolling pin.

 And this is what's left!   Just perfect flakes - much fresher than the dried variety.

Spaghetti for dinner!!  It was really yummy!