Baby Spinach Pesto
"I just had this as a spread on a turkey sandwich with fresh spinach on french bread, and it was delicious! Tonight it will go over pasta for dinner! Super easy and so good. I got it from Woman's Day."
- Ready In:
- 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 2 cups firmly packed Baby Spinach
- 1⁄2 cup walnuts
- 1⁄2 cup parmesan cheese
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
directions
- Puree all ingredients in a food processor.
- Enjoy with hot pasta, salads or as a spread for sandwiches.
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Reviews
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this turned out really well. i wanted to make two batches (two pints) so i tripled the recipe. instead of six cups of spinach i used five cups of spinach and one cup of sweet basil. i also threw in about four tablespoons of sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil for each two pint batch. the overall recipe came out roughly like this: 5 c. spinach 1 c. sweet basil 1.5 c. walnuts 1.5 c. parmesan cheese 9 tbsp. olive oil 6 cloves garlic 8 tbsp. sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil i omitted the salt because with the tomatoes it makes it pretty rich. thanks for posting such a great recipe :). -
I added one teaspoon basil and two teaspoons oregano to this recipe and it turned out perfect.
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