Hmmmm, pesto! I love this stuff. A couple of teaspoons transforms boring cheap pasta into a feast fit for the Gods. Add a little to pizza and top with cherry tomatoes, and it instantly transforms into something a bit special. Proper pesto is a very rich, very full-tasting sauce. You take handfuls and handfuls of basil and mash it up with salt, garlic, extra virgin olive oil, pine nuts and parmesan. The only way to make it economically at home is in the summer, when you can grow tubs and tubs of basil for the sole purpose of making the sauce. Fortunately for those of us who are addicted, you can also buy jars of it in the supermarket. ...  Read the complete review

Sacla Italia Sundried Tomato Pesto is another winner from the Sacla range. Its a really good stand by product for your kitchen store cupboard, which can be kept in the fridge after opening for up to 2 weeks. You get 190g of the pesto for around £1.97, but can some times buy it for less. There are other cheaper tomato pestos on the market but this one is really nice to use, so I find it worth the extra few pennies. Do be careful with this if you have a nut allergy though as it does contain cashew nuts! ********************************************************* It also has a nice mix of tangy sundried tomato, a blend of italian basil, ...  Read the complete review

I think I discovered pesto quite late, it was during my universiaty days and as soon as I realised how it could transforms plain pasta into a yummy, scrummy meal, I was hooked. Since those days which seem like a lifetime ago, pesto has become one of my firm cupboard staples. I always have a jar in the cupboard as it is so versitile and I have lost count of the number of times when it has saved me when I have needed to whip up a quick meal for the kiddiewinkles. I love plain green pesto, the flavour is fantastic and I love the simplicity of all the different flavours. I had been faithful to the green stuff for many years but the day came when my head was ...  Read the complete review

For Sunday lunch I decided to try a recipe out from one of my Weight Watchers cookbook for me and my daughter who is also following the plan. This chicken dish required a couple of teaspoons of Sun Dried Tomato Pesto, I've eaten normal pesto and found it foul (sorry pesto lovers) but I do love sun dried tomatoes so decided to try this Sacla version anyway as I knew my daughter would take the jar home if I didn't like it. The pesto is a lovely burnished orange colour rather than the vile green of standard pesto, it looked tempting and upon removing the lid I instantly realised it was going to taste of sun dried tomato rather than basil although this is ...  Read the complete review

Cooking from scratch is my preferred way so that I know exactly what is being used but just occasionally I will take a short cut and using Sacla sun-dried tomato pesto is one short cut I will take. The 190gram jar costs £1.99 from most supermarkets and is also available for £2.99 for a 290 gram jar. The clear glass jar reveals the tomato coloured contents, I say tomato coloured loosely as it is the colour of sun dried tomatoes and other ingredients rather than the humble red tomato we see in the shops. Pesto to me is green as I expect it to be a green sauce originating in Genoa in the Liguria region of northern Italy (pesto alla genovese). The ...  Read the complete review