The Mighty Green Pesto

The Mighty Green Pesto

Robust and full of flavour make sure you get comfortable with being able to whip up a batch of pesto at a moments notice.  Easy to make once you know how and when you understand your base ingredients. You may find a kale only pesto won’t be as tasty and will need some herbs added to it. Essentially you are working to create a delicious pesto that can be drizzled or dolloped on your favourite vegetables, soups or meats to lift a dish to complete deliciousness.

What you need

1 cup of some green leaves  (kale, spinach, basil, coriander, mint, mix it up)

1/4 cup nuts (or seeds if dealing with nut allergies)

1 clove garlic

1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

1-2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar

sea salt and ground black pepper

Combine all ingredients in blender or food processor and mix to the desired consistency, add a little water if too thick.

This can be stored in a glass jar in the fridge. Make sure there is oil covering the ingredients to keep fresh.

Note: This is a base recipe. Perhaps for your first time make a traditional basil & pine nut pesto.

bunch of basil
1/4 cup pine nuts
clove of garlic
1/3 cup olive oil
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 Tbsp of fine grated parmesan cheese
sea salt & pepper

Use how?

a dollop on soups - minestrone, tomato based soups

mix through cooked quinoa salads

with eggs for breakfast

over cooked fish

drizzled over a vegetable frittata