My Hubby loves his job, boy does my Hubby love his job, sometimes I think that’s all he lives for, but I jest, as I know that he works as hard as he does, not just because he loves his job but because he loves us and he wants us to be happy and to give us the best, and thank him from the bottom of my heart for that.

 
As he works hard, he also likes to relax and one of the things that helps him to relax is to cook, being amazingly good at everything he does (jammy sod), he not only cooks as well as any top chef he also likes to grow his own produce. I should add here, that what I mean is, he starts off with lot’s of enthusiasm, but it always ends up with me taking care of anything that he has decided to grow. So far this year we have grown garlic, tomatoes, strawberries, rocket, peppers and of course our well tended and much loved herb garden.
 
We have had so much rocket, more than we could keep up with, that at the weekend Ben decided to make batches of rocket pesto and its amazing. Its so fresh and clean tasting. I can’t wait to try it later in the week on some lovely fresh pasta, thank you Ben, really looking forward to it.
 
Boun appetito.
 
Makes 200ml; serves 4
 
1 small garlic clove
Pinch of sea salt
25g pine nuts, very slightly toasted
50g rocket
25g Parmesan, finely grated
Juice of 1/2 lemon
125ml extra-virgin olive oil
 
Put the garlic and salt into the bowl of a small food processor and pulse.
 
Add the pine nuts and pulse until roughly chopped (be careful not to over-process).
 
Add the rocket and pulse carefully until it is well mixed, but still very textured.
 
Turn into a bowl and stir through Parmesan and lemon juice.
 
Pour in the olive oil and mix well until you have a juicy paste, seasoning to taste as you go.
 
Store in sterilised jars and cover the surface of the pesto with a thin layer of olive oil and keep in the fridge for up to 1 week.
 
When ready to use, warm and serve stirred through your favourite pasta, we love ours over gnocchi, with crusty bread to wipe up any left over pesto, the best quick meal you can ever have.