Easy Basil Pesto Recipe - Easy Healthy Tasty

pine nuts

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Walnuts are more affordable and provide a similar texture.

Parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: Grana Padano

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and lower in calories.

Toast 1/3 cup of pine nuts in the microwave for 1 minute increments until golden-brown, stopping just before they burn.

Pick off about 2 cups of fresh basil leaves from the plant and rinse them.

Cube 50 grams of Parmesan cheese and add it to the food processor.

Add about 1 teaspoon of minced garlic to the food processor.

Pulse the cheese and garlic until broken up and mixed together.

Stuff the basil leaves into the food processor and blend briefly.

Add extra virgin olive oil gradually until the mixture reaches a chunky pesto consistency.

Add the toasted pine nuts to the food processor and pulse to combine.

Scrape down the sides of the food processor to incorporate all ingredients and blend one last time to mix everything well.

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