An easy and flavorful spinach pesto recipe that is quick to whip up and a great way to use an abundance of garden-fresh spinach!
Spinach Pesto is one of those things that I’m grateful for ~ not only is it easy to make, everyone loves it and it helps us use bundles and bundles of spinach from the Farmer’s Market.
When the Farmer’s Market has bag upon bag of Spinach and the market is almost over.. they are eager to give me the extra bags that haven’t sold. And I’ll always take spinach because I can use it.
But hey, I can only eat so much spinach salad.
This pesto is a wonderful way to use that spinach. Pesto keeps a long time and gives some variety from the traditional spinach salad. I can mix spinach pesto with pasta for spinach pesto pasta. Even more… I especially love to spread pesto on baked chicken breasts. Yum yum!
Basil Parmesan Pesto
Spinach Pesto is always so easy to make with ingredients we have in the pantry.
Don’t have pine nuts? Lean towards walnuts, almonds or even pecans. Looking for more pesto recipes?’
- Cilantro Pesto
- Basil Parmesan Pesto
- Roasted Fresno Pepper Pesto
- Kale and Jalapeno Pesto
- Arugula Pesto
- Roasted Tomato Basil Pesto
- Roasted Poblano and Garlic Pesto
Pesto is SO hard not to eat by the spoonful! But if you find yourself with an abundance of pesto, whip up this Pesto Chicken Soup Recipe!
It’s delicious! Pesto can be frozen or served on top of homemade sourdough bread, bagels, or even on sourdough crackers. You can even stir it into your favorite pasta for a change of pace.
Easy Spinach Pesto
Ingredients
- 5 cloves garlic
- 2 C spinach fresh
- 1/4 C. olive oil or avocado oil
- 1/2 C pine nuts or pecans, walnuts, almonds
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1/4 C basil
Optional
- 1/4 C parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Put all items (with the exception of the parmesan cheese) in the food processor.
- Process until combined - continually scraping down the sides.
- Add additional oil as needed.
- Dress with parmesan cheese.
- Add a little bit if oil to the top of the jar to keep it fresh while you store the pesto, and keep the finished pesto in the refrigerator.
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[…] Who wants to try something different? Oh, I know I do and with it the new near and all I decided to start off with a BANG. So tonight for dinner I made something new for my family and the good news is they loved it. So I am sharing with you this simple dinner you can make in about 12 minutes flat. I will tell you my tip is that I make extra chicken the night before. My recipe will serve about 6 people which should be plenty for dinner for us then lunch the next day. Also, I used jar pesto but you can make you own with this recipe. […]