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Walnut Pesto
This pesto works great tossed in a pasta, as a sauce for pizza, or even as a sandwich spread. The walnuts and nutritional yeast give it that perfect creamy, cheesy flavor. We’ve found that a blend of basil and spinach is an inexpensive alternative during the off-season, but you can certainly use all basil.
Ingredients
- 2 cups packed fresh basil
- 2 cups packed spinach
- 1 cup walnuts
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled
- 2 tablespoons water
- 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons nutritional
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Combine the basil, spinach, walnuts, and garlic in a food processor. Pulse until the mixture is coarsely ground.
- Add the water, lemon juice, nutritional yeast flakes, salt, and pepper, and continue pulsing until you have a thick paste. Serve.
