Homemade pesto is one of the best ways to enjoy a bounty of fresh basil. It's great on pasta, baked potatoes, pizza, or bread. Make it in just 15 minutes!
Author: Elise Bauer
Argentinean chimichurri is made with chopped fresh parsley, oregano, garlic, olive oil, vinegar, and red pepper flakes. A colorful and flavorful addition to grilled meats and more, chimichurri sauce takes...
Author: Elise Bauer
Fresh spring asparagus pesto recipe with baby spinach, asparagus, pine nuts, olive oil and garlic, served with fettuccine pasta.
Author: Elise Bauer
Arugula pesto made with fresh arugula leaves, garlic, olive oil, walnuts, and Parmesan cheese.
Author: Elise Bauer
This classic Genovese method of preparing pasta with pesto includes cubes of potato and pieces of green bean, all cooked together in the pasta pot until tender.
Author: Daniel Gritzer
The beauty and delight of this pasta dish is that it is so fresh and clean, and it is a cinch to make.
Pesto is delicious in pasta salad! If you've never had this combination, you're in for a treat. Make fresh basil pesto and dress up spiral pasta with olives, cherry tomatoes, green peas, and pine nuts....
Author: Elise Bauer
Try a different kind of pesto by using borage instead of basil. Tastes great with noodles. Use young borage leaves.
Author: gartenfee
Homemade Cilantro Pesto, made with fresh cilantro leaves, blanched almonds, red onion, serrano chile and olive oil.
Author: Elise Bauer
Home-roasted peppers require a little more effort than the store-bought kind but the flavor is worth it! They can be roasted several days ahead of time and then refrigerated.
Pesto-dipped tortelloni or mini ravioli make an unexpectedly delicious option in the cocktail party spread.
A super easy and tasty recipe for smokey parsley and almond pesto
Author: Karon Grieve
Here's one of the quickest pesto sauces you'll come across. And it's a perfect match for cheese tortellini.
Basil and parmesan give this mayo a robust flavor that can instantly do a lot of the heavy lifting in a salad dressing or on a sandwich.
Author: Joshua Bousel
Here's a true crowd pleaser: pasta shells in a simple sauce of ground beef, tomatoes and pesto, layered with mozzarella and Parmesan and baked until bubbly. Fusilli or orecchiette would work well here,...
When making basil pesto, I just kept thinking about all the possible pesto variations. But since cilantro is my favorite herb, it was the natural next step on what will become a deep pesto exploration....
Author: Joshua Bousel
Here's how to make healthy pesto! This healthy homemade pumpkin pesto combines the buttery, nutty flavor of pumpkin with fresh arugula, basil and sun-dried tomatoes.
Author: Julia Schmitt
Peppery arugula spices up this slight twist on traditional basil pesto.
One bowl of this hearty soup provides three of the recommended five daily servings of vegetables.
This super flavorful pesto gets its flare from fresh garlic, green onion, lime juice and the kick of a jalapeño. You can easily whip it up in minutes, store in the fridge or freeze!
Author: Kim Peterson
Walnut sauce or Salsa di noci is one of the staples of Ligurian cuisine.
Author: Italian Recipe Book
A blend of fresh herbs offers a pungent counterpoint to succulent scallops. We chose perciatelli, a tubular kind of spaghetti, but you could substitute linguini, rigatoni, or farfalle.
Ginormous zucchini in your garden? Try this recipe, hollowed out zucchini, stuffed with basil pesto, fresh croutons, Mozzarella, pine nuts and cherry tomatoes.
Author: Elise Bauer