This pesto is soooooo good! I have been working on this recipe for a little while now and I am so pleased with the way it has turned out. We ate it for dinner tonight, stirred through some wholewheat spaghetti and spinach. Everyone had clean plates by the end of the meal! My (non clean eating) Husband even announced that this is now his new favourite Clean Eating meal! What a result!
Homemade pesto will always taste better than shop bought pesto. You cannot beat the fresh taste of the herbs. If you have a food processor you can make this in less than 5 minutes. It is so easy and so worth it!
Clean Eating Kale, Walnut and Basil Pesto is fresh and zesty! It is quick and easy to make and tastes amazing stirred through some wholegrain pasta or spaghetti. This recipe serves 4 and when I stir it into pasta I add 1/2 tablespoon of Nutritional Yeast per person. You could alternatively use parmesan cheese. If you haven’t ever made your own pesto before, give it a go! You will love it!!
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Clean Eating Kale, Walnut and Basil Pesto
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Published:- Yield: 4 Tablespoons (4 Servings)
Clean Eating Kale, Walnut and Basil Pesto is fresh and zesty! It is quick and easy to make and tastes amazing stirred through some wholegrain pasta or spaghetti.
Ingredients
- 10 grams (small handful) Kale sliced
- 10 grams (small handful) Fresh Basil Leaves
- 25 grams Walnuts
- 1 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
- 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 pinch Sea Salt
Instructions
- Place the walnuts into a food processor and blend until they are very fine. This takes a minute or so.
- Add the kale and the basil to the food processor and blend until everything is broken up and well blended.
- Add the lemon juice, olive oil and sea salt to the food processor and blend. You will need to scarp down the sides a couple of times, then continue to blend until everything is well incorporated.
- Use 1 Tablespoon of pesto per serving. Serve and enjoy.
11 Comments
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Claire Osman
7th July 2014 at 9:53 pmso Pesto is on the menu this week, ingredients arrive tomorrow – if I make a huge batch can I freeze? 🙂
Ann Curran
2nd August 2014 at 7:24 amYou mention slow cooked chicken and pesto, I always cook my chicken whole in slow cooker but how do I do the pesto dish?
Do you still leave skin on?
Lucy Barrett
31st October 2014 at 2:23 pmThis was fab on salmon!
Bethany Corbett
5th February 2015 at 10:23 pmWow this is good. I’ve made it twice now, once for slow cooked pesto chicken which was amazing and then again tonight and I put it on homemade pizza (using your pizza dough recipe). I have some left so think I will have it with some pasta for dinner tomorrow. Really easy to make and very tasty. Thank you for the recipe x.
Teresa Bradshaw Coad
6th February 2015 at 9:23 amSo easy and so tasty. Made for my pesto slow cooker chicken. Yummy. Clean eating is so much more tasty than processed foods. You can taste the food not the chemicals!
Katie Haslop
23rd February 2015 at 9:23 pmJust made this pesto with baby kale in prep for slow cooker pesto chicken tomorrow. Had a try, and wow its certainly very tasty!! No more shop brought pesto for me ☺️
Judith Rose
23rd February 2015 at 10:53 pmMade a massive batch of this today. Used it as sandwich spread on toasted rye with tuna, cucumber and spinach leaves. Delicious xxxx
Emma Bygrave
14th March 2015 at 10:53 pmOh wow! We get through so much pesto, I’m definitely making this. Thanks x
Agness of Run Agness Run
5th August 2017 at 12:25 pmThis is an awesome pesto recipe, Charlie! What would you recommend using, parmesan cheese or nutritional yeast?