Green basil pesto

A simple, tasty, and healthy basil pesto recipe! 

  • Prep Time15 min

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
    • 6 medium garlic cloves
    • 1/3 cup pine nuts
    • 4 cups fresh basil leaves
    • Pinch of himalayan pink sea salt & black ground pepper

    Directions

    1
    Place the basil leaves and pine nuts into the bowl of a food processor and pulse several times.
    2

    Add the garlic and and pulse several times more. While the food processor is running, slowly add the olive oil in a steady small stream.

    3

    Add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.

    Toss with pasta for a quick sauce, add over baked potatoes, or spread onto some crackers! Enjoy!

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    Jacqueline Genova, CHN

    Jacqueline Genova, CHN

    Jacqueline Genova, a certified holistic nutritionist, is passionate about wellness. She resorted to holistic approaches for healing to reverse some of her own health problems, and to help her mom battle cancer. She is a graduate of Babson College where she researched and wrote a thesis that supports a more integrative treatment approach, and is a strong advocate of incorporating complementary therapies into conventional treatment methods. As she discovered the healing powers of food as medicine, both through her own experience as well as in her research, she developed a desire to share what she learned with others. So, she started WellnStrong. She believes in a holistic approach to wellness that addresses the root causes of illness, not just the suppression of symptoms.