Fresh basil

I grew some basil from seeds just for the sake of watching it grow in my kitchen window. Despite nearly killing it off when I was on holiday last month, it is thriving even better than before. 

...but what do I do with it? All I can think of is take a few leaves and chop it up and add it to a tomato sauce. There must be other ideas??  Suggestions please?

pesto!

Home made pesto or a nice tomato salad: slices of nice ripe tomatoes, topped with mozzarella and basil leaves.  A drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkling of sea salt.  Yum!

From one of my fallback sites: http://www.recipesource.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?search_string=fresh+basil&imageField.x=0&imageField.y=0&any=off

excellent ideas! I just needed that little motivation to do something with it!  I certainly have plenty enough to try different things!!

Sharing with friends is also an option. 

This sounds good... http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/15195

I love basil and risotto! YUM!

Sharing with friends is also an option. 

ha ha, an even better idea is to share with friends who want to cook ME something with fresh basil 

ooh, risotto! a good change from regular pasta.

Fresh basil is fabulous on pizza!  You can even throw some onto a frozen pizza before you toss it in the oven.

Bruschetta!
*chop up roma tomatoes and basil, a little bit of garlic, and soak it in 1 part balsamic vinegar, one part olive oil- in the fridge for a couple hours or overnight. slice a baguette in small rounds and toast them. put it on top. mmm.