Healthy Homemade Pesto Pasta Recipe

Lately, a lot of people have asked me what is pesto and how to make delicious basil pesto. Actually, pesto is very easy to make, all you need is a blender or a food processor, and the pesto ingredients.

A classic pesto is the basil pesto, and I have made it many times. But this time I had both parsley and basil, and so I used the equal amounts of basil and parsley. Parsley added an additional taste note, which only improved pesto. Here are Cooking Tools For Making A Pesto Recipe.

One ingredient in pesto that is expensive are pine nuts. I usually buy Costo Pine Nuts, but if you don’t want to buy pine nuts, you can make delicious pesto with walnuts instead. Here is a pesto recipe that uses walnuts.

And here are more recipes: Pesto Pasta Recipe and Pasta With Pesto And Roasted Carrots.

I love to use pesto as a pasta sauce, to make pesto pasta. And also a bit of pesto is great on a sandwich, in minestrone, and more.

More easy recipes: Instant Pot Caramel (Dulce De Leche) Recipe, Easy Instant Pot Spinach Tortellini Soup Recipe, How To Make Cheesy Garlic Bread With Regular Bread, Instant Pot Butternut Squash Recipe, 3-Ingredient Best Greek Salad Dressing Recipe, Instant Pot Air Fryer Lid Chicken Breast Recipe.

Meal Planning With Healthy Homemade Pesto Pasta Recipe

It is very simple to create a meal, when you are cooking Parsley and Basil Pesto Recipe. All you need to add to make it into a nice, delicious dinner is a simple salad.

Here is your dinner menu:

– Parsley and Basil Pesto Recipe
– Grape Tomatoes, Onions and Cucumber Salad

Tools You Will Need To Make Healthy Homemade Pesto Pasta Recipe

Knife
Cutting Board
Food Processor
Mixing Bowl
Pasta Pot
Colander
Grater

Ingredients for Healthy Homemade Pesto Pasta Recipe

A Bunch of Parsley
A Bunch Of Basil
1/2 Cup + 1 Tablespoon Of Pine Nuts
1/2 Cup + 1 Tablespoon Of Parmesan Cheese
3 Garlic Cloves
1/2 Cup Of Olive Oil
Salt
Freshly Ground Black Pepper

Fettuccini Pasta, but you can use pretty much any kind of pasta

How To Make Parsley and Basil Pesto

Bring water in the pasta pot to boil. Cook pasta to al dente, according to package instructions. Reserve some of the pasta water. Drain pasta in a colander.

Toast pine nuts using a skillet for a few minutes, until they become golden.

Grate Parmesan cheese.

Combine parsley, basil, 1/2 cup of pine nuts, 1/2 cup of Parmesan, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper in a food processir. You can also use a blender, if you do not have a food processor.

Make sure to reserve one tablespoon of pine nuts and one tablespoon of Parmesan cheese for garnish. Process pesto in the food processor, until smooth.

In a large mixing bowl, combine cooked pasta and pesto. Add a bit of pasta water, if your pesto is a bit too thick. Garnish with the remaining pine nuts and Parmesan and serve the pasta with a delicious salad.