made pesto last night
Posted by isaytomatoes on Oct 08, 2009 · Member since Jun 2009 · 209 posts
I harvested 4 cups of basil yesterday and made my old vegan pesto recipe (basil, olive oil, walnuts, salt, lemon juice and a little water). We are former vegan, vegan-leaning ovo lacto vegetarians. DD got hooked on store bought pesto during the past year, but as I was making this, I was thrilled to hear her say she likes mine better than the cheesy stuff!
We slathered it on whole wheat toast to celebrate. ;)b
I made pesto last night too! It was just ok. Too bad mine didn't turn out as good as yours.
I made pesto this week as well. Basil, olive oil, pine nuts, garlic, and a little sea salt. I'm having some on whole wheat pasta for lunch.
Here are my amounts of everything. It's my recipe, not copyrighted:
1 c. basil, packed
1/2 c. walnuts (toasted or not)
2 large cloves garlic
4t. + olive oil
2t. (scant) lemon juice
1/2t.(scant) salt
1/8 c.( scant) water
process like crazy.
maybe I should make pesto now.
We love pesto, I use almonds and a little nutr yeast for the cheesy flavor, and freeze it! works great, stays bright green and is awesome in Jan or Feb for a winter pick me up!
Here are my amounts of everything. It's my recipe, not copyrighted:
1 c. basil, packed
1/2 c. walnuts (toasted or not)
2 large cloves garlic
4t. + olive oil
2t. (scant) lemon juice
1/2t.(scant) salt
1/8 c.( scant) water
process like crazy.
I'll have to try the walnuts. I've always used pine nuts, but they're so expensive.
Storm, almonds can be good too, I usually use them because I don't have pinenuts.