Easy Homemade Pesto Recipe

pine nuts

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Walnuts provide a similar texture and flavor at a lower cost.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and adds a cheesy flavor.

Add 1 to 2 cups of fresh basil leaves to the food processor.

If you don't have enough basil, you can substitute with another leafy green like spinach.

Add 1/2 cup of olive oil to the food processor.

Add 1 crushed clove of garlic to the mixture.

Add 1/2 to 1 cup of fresh grated parmesan or romano cheese.

Add a handful of pine nuts to the food processor.

Blend everything in the food processor to your desired consistency.

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