Eat Better, Together! - Yummy Pesto Recipe

Need a fun easy meal to cook with a lot of people? This is the one! Use the Pesto for Chicken sandwiches, crostini’s, pasta, salmon, risotto, this tastes good with everything!

Ingredients:

Basil(one bunch), Garlic(3 cloves), Olive Oil(1/4 cup or more), Salt, Pepper, Parmesan(1/4 cup or more), Pepitas or Pine nuts or other mild nut (1/8 cup)

Supplies:

• Blender or Cuisinart, Pan for roasting the nuts, Cheese Grater

How to…

We broke this recipe out into a few different jobs so everyone can have a little fun.

• Job 1: Tear all the leaves off the basil stems, get the garlic out of the cloves

• Job 2: Grate the Parmesan, Roast the Pepitas

• Job 3: Chitter Chatter! Always got to be someone entertaining the group!

• Job 1: Add the basil, garlic to the blender

• Job 2: Add the Parmesan and Pepitas to the blender

• Job 3: Chitter Chatter! Start the Blender, add olive oil!

• Job 1: Stir and taste to finish.

• Enjoy! Add to your favorite starch or protein. This one will be the best!