garden fresh basil pesto
 
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Garden fresh basil pesto ready in less than 10 minutes. This saucy pesto will give life to any meal, a MUST have garden staple. HELLO SUMMER!
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Serves: 1 cup
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups of firmly packed fresh purple basil leaves
  • ½ cup of toasted pine nuts
  • ⅓ cup of avocado oil
  • 3 cloves of garlic peeled
  • ¼ teaspoon of pink salt
  • Cracked black pepper to taste
  • 1 Tablespoon of avocado oil to toast pine nuts
Instructions
  1. In a skillet heat oil over medium-high heat. Once warm, add pine nuts to oil toast for 5 minutes until browning.
  2. In a food processor, firmly combine all ingredients.
  3. Process until smooth
  4. Add additional avocado oil to achieve desired consistency
Notes
To Store:

Refrigerate up to 3 days

Freeze up to 3 months (Stay tuned, post coming on how I preserve our basil pesto)
Recipe by Taste of Yummy at https://www.tasteofyummy.com/garden-fresh-basil-pesto/