Basil Vinaigrette Recipe

We’ve talked before about how one of the fundamental differences between Sara and me is that Sara is amazing when it comes to plants. Growing them. Loving them. Making sure they don’t die. I, on the other hand, am the worst. I killed my little tabletop succulent garden. The only reason my landscaping survives is because it has a sprinkler system and we get a lot of rain in Louisiana and when they planted everything. I gave them explicit instructions to plant only what was next-to-impossible to kill. In the plant world, my house is referred to as “Kate’s House: Where Vegetation Goes to Die.”

That said, my herbs never die. Which makes them my favorite plants. Things got a little touch and go after my German Shepherd ripped up my…