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KITCHEN SINK PESTO

                                                     

Everything but the kitchen sink and animal products are in this delicous, vegan pesto. A great way to use up those herbs before they go bad. 

Ingredients

About 30 basil leaves 

About 30 mint leaves

1 cup of chopped parsley

1 clove of garlic

1 cup of raw, unsalted cashews

1/4 cup of nutritional yeast

1 tsp of sea salt

juice of 1 lemon

2 tbsp of olive oil

3 oz of spring water

Prep

Add herbs, garlic, cashews, nutritional yeast, salt and lemon juice into food processor. Begin to process ingredients while slowly pouring in oil and spring water. Process until smooth. Empty pesto into mason jar or other glass jar for storage. (or eat directly from food processor like I did :)

Nutrition facts (for 1 tbsp)

Calories: 70

Fat: 6 grams

Carbs: 4 grams

Protein:3 grams

Dietary fiber:1 gram