Basil Pesto
Recipe: #5560
May 27, 2012
Categories: 5-Minute Prep, One-Pot Meal, Gluten-Free, Heart Healthy, Kosher, Low Carbohydrate, Low Cholesterol, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Oil, Herbs, Kosher Dairy, more
"You can do so much with pesto the possibilities are endless! I make a humongeous amount of this and freeze in mini ice cube containers once you get a taste of this pesto you will always have it on hand"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (56.8 g)
- Calories 244.3
- Total Fat - 24.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.4 g
- Cholesterol - 7.9 mg
- Sodium - 106.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 2.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.6 g
- Sugars - 0.4 g
- Protein - 5.3 g
- Calcium - 160.7 mg
- Iron - 1.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 9.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Combine basil, garlic, Parmesan cheese, olive oil, and nuts in the bowl of a food processor or blender. Blend to a smooth paste. Mix in chopped parsley (this is optional you don't have to add it)
Tips
No special items needed.