{"id":1233,"date":"2013-05-18T20:30:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T20:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heather-maclean.com\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2016-03-18T03:04:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T03:04:29","slug":"basil-lemon-drizzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/hungry\/basil-lemon-drizzle\/","title":{"rendered":"Basil-Lemon Drizzle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I grow fresh basil all year long&#8211;in the summer outside on my deck, and in the winter inside on my kitchen windowsill. It&#8217;s one of the easiest plants to grow, and it smells so good! Here&#8217;s a wonderful basil marinade that can turn any protein or salad into a quick, healthy, but restaurant-worthy meal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Basil-Lemon Drizzle<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Makes about 6 tablespoons, 4 servings<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is a great way to try your hand at using basil. This drizzle is really versatile. I usually make this to serve over grilled chicken breasts, but you can also try it over vegetables, steak, pork chops . . . just about anything but dessert.<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 garlic clove<br \/>\n1 cup packed fresh basil leaves<br \/>\n1\/4 cup fresh lemon juice<br \/>\n2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil<br \/>\n1\/4 teaspoon salt<br \/>\n1\/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper<\/p>\n<p>1. Fit a food processor with the metal chopping blade. With the machine running, drop the garlic through the tube to mince it.<\/p>\n<p>2. Stop the machine and add the basil. Pulse a few times to chop it. With the machine running, add the lemon juice, oil, and 2 tablespoons water and process into a thin sauce. Season with the salt and pepper. Let stand at room temperature until ready to serve, but no longer than an hour.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" width=\"40\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1234\" src=\"http:\/\/heather-maclean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SkinnyItal-cover.jpg\" alt=\"SkinnyItal-cover\" width=\"90\" height=\"114\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff;\"><em>&#8211; From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1401310354\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1401310354&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=heathermaclea-20\" target=\"_blank\">Skinny Italian<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nby Teresa Giudice with Heather Maclean<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" width=\"20\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[44,30,43],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2996,"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions\/2996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}