Tuesday, May 18, 2010

1 Pesto 3 Ways

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto

Spinach Onion Millet Cake With Pesto Sauce (personal favorite)

Spinach Garlic Pasta With Pesto Sauce (husband's personal favorite)
I bought a basil plant over the weekend.  It's been staring me down for several days with it's menacing delectable-ness that has been hard to ignore.  I finally succumbed (succambe, succumed, did succumb - Wikkopedia is also torn).  Immediately I instructed my 8 year old to take some over to Jenny.  No less than 5 minutes later she called.  I believe her initial words were, "I love you".  And I was like, "I know my dear, I  know".  

It's fantastic as a dip, dressing, or sauce.  

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto
1/2-3/4 cup tightly packed sun-dried tomatoes (I used the kind from Costco)
1 cup water
1/4 cup almonds
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil (if your tomatoes weren't packed in olive oil)
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/3 cup chopped fresh basil
1 tablespoon lemon juice

*Original recipe from Vegan with a Vengence

6 comments:

The Basil's said...

Can we also get the recipe for the millet cake? Thanks!

Lindsey said...

Annie, do you just blend everything in a food processor?

Jenny said...

In order to get such a smooth consistency, I would say to use a blender. Annie - your thoughts?

Peter and Annisa Boogaard said...

Hey guys! I made this tonight, and I just put it all in a blender and blended it once. It was smooth, but not creamy in any sense of the word. haha. I also thought I had basil, but found out tonight that it was PARSLEY....I just took a chance and used it in lieu of basil...turned out nicely. :) good luck!

Jenny said...

Annisa - Thanks for the comment! I think the blender you use might make a difference in terms of consistency. Or maybe our definition of creamy is just different :) Glad it turned out okay sans basil. Keep goin' girl!

Anna M said...

Annie: I could kiss you on the mouth for this one. We LOVED it! Delicious!