Learn how to make vegan pesto! This dairy-free and vegan sauce is a one-step recipe packed with fresh basil. Perfect for pizza, pasta, salad, and more.
I recently found out about the greatness that is basil pesto!
Vegan pesto is great for dipping bread into, spreading on sandwiches, drizzling over salads, making a fancy mac n cheese and substituting for marinara sauce on homemade pizza.
Our AeroGarden is still growing which means we have no shortage of fresh herbs, including basil.
What's your favorite way to use up fresh basil?
Vegan Pesto
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh basil
- ⅓ cup pine nuts
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Using a food processor or NutriBullet, mix all the ingredients until combined.
veganneeds
Awesome!! I don't know why I always think pesto is hard to make! This would take like 5 minutes! Lol
BeaFreitas
Hmmmmmm, looks really tastyy!
theurbenlife
Thanks, I hope you give it a try!