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Recipe: Paleo Pesto Sauce

paleo pesto sauce

Is it possible to make pesto without cheese? The answer is YES: The trick is to use nutritional yeast flakes, which lend a bit of “umami” flavor. You can find it in most grocery stores as well as natural food stores.

This recipe can be customized to your taste: try using cashews, pistachios or pine nuts. We chose walnuts because of their high omega 3 content.

This is great stirred into veggies or as a condiment over your favorite protein.

 

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup raw walnuts, shelled (not roasted)

  • 3 cups fresh basil leaves

  • 2 cups baby spinach leaves

  • 4 cloves garlic

  • Zest and juice from 1 large lemon

  • 2/3 cup olive oil (you also could use a light nut oil like walnut or macadamia)

  • 3/4 tsp sea salt

  • 2 tbsp nutritional yeast

 

Directions:

  1. Place all ingredients in a food processor or high speed blender and blend until well combined.

  2. Store in an airtight glass jar in the refrigerator.

 

Recipe by: Saara Haapanen

Photo Credit: Canva from Lilechka75 from Getty Images

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