My Foodie Call

This family loves pesto. This is slightly shocking to me because they are not too big on fresh herbs. As we all know, pesto has lots of basil. In regards to fresh herbs in recipes, I am pretty used to putting way less than is called for. Especially Cilantro. While I love Cilantro, here is what the family says about Cilantro:

• tastes like soap
• tastes like garbage
• is disgusting
• tastes like multiple toilet analogies

But back to the pesto. My kids do like pesto. On pretty much anything.

Here is an easy pizza recipe. If you do not have time to make your own, just buy the store pesto, but really it’s easy!

Pile the ingredients in…and whir up that food processor.

Also, I like to use walnuts in my pesto. Cheaper than pine nuts and healthier! Here is the recipe I used.

Basil Walnut Pesto

Ingredients

• 2 cups gently packed fresh basil leaves
• 2 large garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1/3 cup walnuts
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

Directions

1. Add walnuts and garlic to food processor and process until coarsely chopped.
2. Add the basil leaves, salt, and pepper and process until mixture resembles a paste, about 1 minute.
3. With the processor running, slowly pour the olive oil through the feed tube and process until blended.
4. Add the Parmesan and process 40-60 seconds more.

Next grab a jar of these.

Fine chop them.

Spread some pesto and red peppers on your crust and cook according to package directions.

This here is an organic wheat crust from Trader Joe’s. You could use a Whole Wheat Boboli if it’s easier. This pizza is light on the roasted red peppers because I was a little unsure how the family would react. I had visions of them all being picked off and tossed on their napkins.

Surprisingly they ate this pizza without a second thought which means next time the pizza gets doused with red!

Pesto Pizza