Whole Food, Plant-Based Recipe Cilantro Pesto Dip and Chips

Recipe courtesy of Lois Lynn, PPMNY Community Member

This cilantro pesto dip with chips is sure to please all members of your family. Get your daily dose of aromatic herbs, with a side of chips, all on one plate.

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch fresh cilantro leaves

  • ½ cup pine nuts
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 1 T nutritional yeast, non-fortified (Anthony’s brand taste the best to me)
  • ½ cup water
  • Wheat or corn sprouted tortillas*

Instructions

For the pesto

1. Strip the cilantro leaves off their stem.
2. Into the blender jar of a high speed blender, add the cilantro leaves, pine nuts, garlic, lemon juice, nutritional yeast and water, then blend until smooth.
3. Store in the refrigerator in a labeled glass jar.

For the chips

1. Spread the tortillas or potato slices onto a piece of parchment paper with space in between each item.
2. Place them into the microwave oven for 2 minutes to crisp and lightly brown. Typically ready at 1 minute 50 seconds.
3. Allow the chips to cool a bit, then use your hands to break the tortillas into bite sized triangles, rectangles or any kind of shape, and serve.

Chef's Notes

*Try Food for Life's Ezekiel brand, or thinly sliced potatoes on a mandolin.