Recipe of the Week: Easy & De-lish Vegan pesto
My husband was in the mood for Italian… but I wasn’t in the mood for tomatoes, so my mind went to pesto! I had never never made pesto before last night – but now, I’ll be making it constantly. Quick, easy and incredibly delicious! Iserved it with simple spaghetti noodles, but it would also be amazing on pizza, crackers or even to dip fresh veggies.
Btw… this is also a raw foods recipe.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups fresh basil
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 cup almonds (other nuts, such as pine nuts or walnuts may be used as well)
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1/3 cup nutritional yeast
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Preparation:
Combine all ingredients in a food processor until nuts are ground. Pesto should still have texture and not be completely smooth. Seriously… that’s it. And it was eyes-rolling-back-into-the-head good!!!