{"id":237,"date":"2015-04-02T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/02\/basil-pesto-sauce-2\/"},"modified":"2017-01-24T12:32:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T17:32:30","slug":"basil-pesto-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=237","title":{"rendered":"Basil Pesto Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Basil is a blessing of an herb.\u00a0It&#8217;s a\u00a0great source of antioxidants keeping away many of the cancer\u00a0causers.<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<b><\/b><br \/>\n<b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Yields approximately 1 \u00bd cups<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<b><\/b><br \/>\n<b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">You\u2019ll Need<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">1 cup packed basil leaves<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00bd cup toasted walnuts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">1 garlic clove<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00bd cup Parmesan Cheese<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">1\/3 cup olive oil<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Salt to taste<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Pepper to taste<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Directions<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Mix all in a blender or food processor until an even consistency is reached.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Tips<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">You can add more garlic. You may want to mix, taste and then decide.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">This pesto freezes wonderfully. Place the pesto in ice cube trays and once the pesto has solidified place the blocks in a plastic bag and use it in the future. The ice cube technique it nice because it freezes the pesto in handy portion sizes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The recipe can easily be doubled.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">You can try different nuts such as pine nuts or macadamias.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">You can try different herbs such as cilantro or parsley.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Serve over of pasta, grilled vegetables, or fish. Turn a piece of French or Pita bread into a pesto pizza. The options are endless but all are delicious.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Leave out the parmesan cheese for vegan sauce.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Nutrition Facts Per Tablespoon<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Calories: 35<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Protein: 0g<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Carbohydrate: 0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fiber: 0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fat: 4g<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Saturated Fat: 0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Cholesterol: 0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sodium: 17mg (this will vary depending amount of salt added)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basil is a blessing of an herb.\u00a0It&#8217;s a\u00a0great source of antioxidants keeping away many of the cancer\u00a0causers. Yields approximately 1 \u00bd cups You\u2019ll Need 1 cup packed basil leaves \u00bd &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[380],"tags":[89,174,26,18],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","tag-basil","tag-pesto","tag-sauce","tag-vegan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/pestopasta-1.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-3P","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":220,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=220","url_meta":{"origin":237,"position":0},"title":"Basil Pesto Sauce","author":"Will Clower","date":"June 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It's men's health month and making herbs a regular part of the diet is a super\u00a0idea as\u00a0many are a great source of antioxidants. 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