What do you do when you have basil that needs trimming every day and you have already dried enough to last the next year? You bake some bread and make Panzanella.
Cost per person: $3 because red and yellow bell peppers are expensive.
That looks tasty as fuck
Basil needs trimming every day? Maybe I’ve just discovered why I can never keep basil plants alive.
It’s trying to bolt so I have to remove the heads each day. And it’s being so prolific that if I don’t pull leaves every day it will be wasted. But picking leaves off of your basil is essential to a healthy basal plant. You can let him just grow and they might look great but if you pull some leaves off everyday it becomes hyper productive.
Regular pruning is the secret - pinch off the top sets of leaves (especially flower buds) to make it bushier and prevent it from getting woody and bitter, plus it’ll produce wayyy more leaves that way!
