{"id":5436,"date":"2023-10-29T07:38:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T11:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thriftingwonderland.com\/post\/best-pesto-ever"},"modified":"2023-10-29T07:54:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T11:54:17","slug":"best-pesto-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/?p=5436","title":{"rendered":"Best Pesto Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pesto is such a fun and easy meal to make that speaks of Summer in it’s abundance. I like to make Pesto at the end of the season with the last of the Basil from the garden. I tried a new recipe the other day and I swear it is my new favorite pesto recipe. This is also a great way to use up the remaining pesto and some spinach from the garden. \u00a0Before your basil and spinach disappear harvest them and use them in this really great recipe.<\/p>\n

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Start with some spinach and…<\/p>\n

some basil and what can go wrong?<\/p>\n

For this recipe you begin with 1 1\/2 cups baby spinach leaves. Now, I harvested them from my garden that morning but store bought works just fine.<\/p>\n

Next add 3\/4 cup fresh basil leaves. These are best from your own plants but can be bought from the grocery store.<\/p>\n

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Next you’ll need 1\/2 cup of toasted pine nuts (you can substitute walnuts for the pine nuts)<\/p>\n

1\/2 cup of grated parmesan cheese<\/p>\n

4 cloves of garlic, peeled and quartered<\/p>\n

3\/4 tsp. kosher salt ( I use sea salt)<\/p>\n

1\/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper<\/p>\n

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice<\/p>\n

1\/2 tsp lemon zest<\/p>\n

1\/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil<\/p>\n

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Fresh garlic really adds more taste than the pre-chopped garlic you can buy. I also added a little more lemon zest because we really like lemon.<\/p>\n

Blend the spinach, basil, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese, garlic, salt, pepper, lemon juice, lemon zest, and 2 tablespoons olive oil in a food processor until nearly smooth. Drizzle the remaining olive oil into the mixture while processing until smooth.<\/p>\n

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Prepare your favorite pasta according to package directions.<\/p>\n

Add a dollop of pesto to the pasta in your bowl and mix. Then add some extra cheese for extra goodness and enjoy. Serve this with a simple green salad and you have a wonderful meal in no time.<\/p>\n

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You can freeze the extra pesto in small plastic containers or ice cube trays. It takes about one- two pesto ice cubes for a bowl of pasta. The lemon in this recipe really adds to the very fresh flavor. Serve it in a pretty pasta bowl with a crisp salad and you have a meal fit for royalty. I hope you love it as much as we do. \u00a0You can also use pesto to bake fish and chicken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pesto is such a fun and easy meal to make that speaks of Summer in it’s abundance. I like to make Pesto at the end of the season with the last of the Basil from the garden. I tried a new recipe the other day and I swear it is my new favorite pesto recipe. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70469586,"featured_media":27926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1833,23207],"tags":[2832],"class_list":["post-5436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening","category-vegetarian","tag-recipes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ziaG-1pG","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thriftingwonderland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_7472-rotated.jpeg?fit=3024%2C4032&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/70469586"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5436"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27923,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5436\/revisions\/27923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}