Dairy free, oil free, gluten free, plant based

Our family has loved pesto for many years. When I made the decision to go 100% plant based, I missed pesto so much. I tried different recipes over the years which were not that great. I was so excited to come across this recipe for a whole food plant based pesto. I got this recipe from mywholefoodlife.com and I make the recipe just like I found it which is unusual for me. We use this mostly on pizza. We also have it with pasta, or stirred into salad, or as a sandwich spread. I have made a grilled hummus and pesto sandwich on homemade bread. Absolutely delicious! For the pizza just use my Whole Wheat Rolls recipe. Sometimes i add grated cashew cheese on top of the pesto pizza and sometimes we have it with just plain pesto. The pesto is gluten free, be sure to make a gluten free pizza crust to keep it that way. I will try to get some gluten free crust recipes on my blog.

Pesto (dairy & oil free)

• 1 cup nuts (almonds, walnuts, cashews or pine nuts) I haven’t used pine nuts in this even though they are traditionally what is used in pesto but they are much more expensive than the others.
• 1/3 cup nutritional yeast
• 10 basil leaves
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 handful baby spinach
• 1/2 tsp sea salt

Instructions:

Put all of the ingredients together in the food processor bowl. Process until well mixed. Add water a little at a time until the right consistency.