With more basil to use up, I made a more traditional pesto. This one is made without dairy and uses nutritional yeast in its place. In my opinion, you wouldn’t even know that there is no parmesan cheese.
You can use this pesto over pasta, serve with bread, or use it as a base for pizza. I sometimes even add leftover pesto to my bread dough for some extra flavour. Since we always have lots of basil in the summer, I portion the pesto into individual servings and freeze so we can have basil all year-round. This recipe also easily doubles.
MAKES 3/4 CUP
INGREDIENTS
– 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
– 2 cups basil, packed
– 1/2 cup olive oil
– 1/2 teaspoon of salt
– 1/8 teaspoon pepper
– 3 Tablespoons nutritional yeast
– 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
DIRECTIONS
1. Lightly toast pine nuts in the oven or in a pan. Make sure to watch as they burn easily.
2. Clean and destem basil.
3. Add all ingredients into a food processor. Pulse.
7. Serve.
Running With Veggies 
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