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Wish I would have posted this one in time for St. Pat's Day. I LOVE the color. And I've found a new recipe that my family loves!
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups baby spinach leaves
3/4 cup fresh basil leaves
1/2 cup toasted pine nuts
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
4 cloves garlic, peeled and quartered
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Blend the spinach, basil, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese, garlic, salt, pepper, lemon juice, lemon zest, and 2 tablespoons olive oil in a food processor until nearly smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl with a spatula as necessary. Drizzle the remaining olive oil into the mixture while processing until smooth. (Courtesy of allrecipes.com)
I substituted walnuts for pine nuts - no pine nuts in my kitchen. I threw in three cloves of garlic - four sounded like too much for my taste and I thought it turned out alright! I don't have a food processor and my blender did a fine job. Enjoy!
3 morsel(s) of wisdom:
Sara, what do you use it on? Sounds yum!
I buy fresh pasta at Publix - linguine or fettucine usually. Then I just mix in the pesto sauce. It's nice to use the fresh pasta too - because it only takes a few minutes to make. A simple and fast meal!
Ooo, I'll have to try this!
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