October 19, 2011 |

Garlic Basil Pesto

Garlic Basil Vegan Pesto

Garlic Basil Vegan Pesto

I remember the very first time I tried pesto. I was in grade 7, and my foster mom gave me a bagel with pesto cream cheese. I was in heaven, pesto was my favourite sauce, I couldn’t get enough! Now, the days of gluten filled breads and unhealthy cheeses are long gone, but love for pesto is here to stay. I’m guessing since you’re here, you love pesto to? That’s great, because this recipe will take you 5 minutes and only has 5 ingredients! How simple is that?

 

Garlic Basil Pesto

2 Cups Soaked and Rinsed Pistachios

2 cups of Fresh and Rinsed Basil Leaves

1/4 cup Cold Pressed, Extra Virgin Organic Olive Oil

1/2 teaspoon Himalayan or Sea Salt

1 small Clove of Garlic

Instructions:

Soak the pistachios for at least an hour and then put all ingredients into the Vitamix on low to medium and blend until you reach a thick, dark green pesto. This mixture was thick and delicious. If you’d like it a bit more runny you can add a bit more olive oil or a tiny bit of water, not recommended though :)

p.s – We put this pesto on our Heirloom lasagna. What are some other raw meal ideas you would recommend for this pesto?

Garlic Basil Raw Vegan Pesto

Garlic Basil Raw Vegan Pesto

 

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Author:Sheleana Breakell -Young and Raw

Sheleana is the Co-Visionary & Chief blogger of YoungandRaw.com, Like many, her path to a high raw and plant based lifestyle came through a series of challenges and discoveries. After healing her body and spirit of chronic fatigue, hormonal imbalance and shedding over 45lbs of weight through raw foods, Sheleana was inspired to help other people take their power back and re-build more sustainable relationships with the food they eat. She believes that each of us is unique, and cleansing with raw foods is an opportunity to listen inward and learn what works best for each person as an individual. As the author and co-creator of a 3 month raw food program for beginners called How to Go Raw, Not Crazy! She and her partner Caleb take students on a journey of self discovery, raw food preparation, meal planning, weight loss and conquering cravings. Sheleana is a free spirit and fully embraces all aspects of life's' challenges as lessons and opportunities for growth. She knows everyone is on their own journey and what works for her may not work for others. The Young and Raw philosophy is based on unconditional love, self awareness, compassion for all life and radical authenticity.
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  1. Reply
    alexe
    June 10, 2012 at 2:06 pm #

    Holy moly! I just made this pesto and was practically eating it off the spoon! I put this on zucchini noodles, with sun-dried tomatoes and marinated artichokes, and it tasted amazing! Thank you so much for this recipe!!

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