Making Pesto

 I have never made pesto, never, not ever and unfortunately it did not go as planned...

I followed this recipe, which I found to be delightful.

It is a great recipe,

with some suggestions for substitutions and the reasons you may want to substitute one item for another.

Those suggestions were included with the recipe.

My Basil looked beautiful...

I washed it good and laid it on a towel to dry.

I think this is probably going to be my last crop, depending on outdoor temperatures.

I used walnuts,

 I think you have to be insanely rich to use pine nuts,

although they are delicious and I used freshly grated parmesan cheese,

not romano cheese.

I do not own a food processor so I used my blender.

I drizzled olive oil slowly into the blender.

It finished up this dark green color...this is straight from the blender,

it was not smooth and creamy.

I thought maybe the blender was a little too rough on the basil,

or perhaps it was the type of basil I used.

We each had one bowl over pasta.

I topped it with freshly grated parmesan cheese amd a few pieces of walnuts.

It tasted ok, we ate it, but it was not "delicious" like I was hoping.

Any thoughts or suggestions from those who have made pesto?