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light saucy pesto sauce (hits: 2251 )
Serves	about 2 C of sauce
Entered/Updated	2006-11-11 01:23:45
Added by heidi	Country/Provence not provided
Ingredients: 1/4 pine nuts (or more if you love pine nuts) 2 C packed fresh basil (equivelant to one large bag from the store) 2 C packed baby spinach salad leaves 4 garlic cloves (or more or less depending on how you feel about garlic. You can even leave it out.) 1 1/2 C grated parmesean cheese. 1/2 tsp. lemon juice 1/4 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. pepper 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil	Instructions: 1. Toast pine nuts for 8-10 min. at 350 degrees F. A toaster oven works great for this. 2. In a food processor, blend up all the ingredients until it is a smooth paste. 3. It can be frozen or eaten immediatly with about a pound of pasta and some cherry tomatoes or other veggies. Also for use in pesto pizza or any other place pesto can be found.
Notes: I like this pesto because the spinach gives it a lot of volume. Some pestos are kind of dry and you use them sparingly, but this one is way saucy.

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