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No-Parm Vegan Pesto

No Parm Vegan Pesto

Delicious non-dairy, lower fat, vegan pesto.

Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cheryl (Eat What You Sow) Cheryl (Eat What You Sow)

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup raw walnuts
  • 4 large cloves garlic (approx. 2 tbsps chopped)
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup nutritional yeast
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice optional, but recommended
  • 6 cups basil leaves
  • 2/3 cup olive oil

Instructions

  1. Pulse the garlic, walnuts, and salt in a food processor. Add basil in batches and chop fine. Add nutritional yeast and lemon juice, process. Stop machine and stir contents to ensure everything is incorporated. With the machine running, drizzle the olive oil through the feeder tube.

    Either use immediately, or freeze in ice cube trays (pop out and store in a freezer bag once frozen) or small jars (leave 1/4 - 1/2 inch of head space to allow for expansion).

Recipe Notes

Pesto can be stretched at time of serving with either more olive oil, or pasta cooking water.