INGREDIENTS
Makes about 1½ cups
- 3 cups packed fresh basil
- ¾ cup walnuts or pine nuts
- 4 cloves garlic
- ½ cup nutritional yeast
- Juice of ½ lemon
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ¾ cup olive oil
- 2 Tbsp water if needed for blending, optional
RECIPE
Homemade Pesto
Fresh basil pesto made with nutritional yeast and walnuts or pine nuts.
METHOD
Make it
- 1
Blend basil, nuts, garlic, nutritional yeast, lemon, salt and pepper.
- 2
Slowly drizzle in olive oil until smooth.
- 3
Adjust salt and lemon to taste.