Whole Food, Plant-Based Recipe Pesto

Recipe courtesy of Chef Carole Levy, PPMNY Culinary Educator

This pesto sauce is packed with flavor. Use for any of your pasta dishes or as a dip. Makes about ½ cup or slightly more.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups packed fresh basil leaves

  • 4 cloves garlic
  • ¼ cup roasted pine nuts
  • 1 ½ T nutritional yeast
  • ¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

Instructions

1. Put the basil, garlic, pine nuts, and nutritional yeast in a food processor or blender.
2. Pulse on and off several times, and drizzle in lemon juice.
3. Continue to purée until smooth paste is formed.
4. You may need to add more lemon juice to get desired consistency.