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Basil Lambsquarters Pesto

Melissa Norris
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Loosely packed basil
  • 1 cup Loosely packed Lambs Quarters
  • 3-6 cloves garlic to taste
  • ¾-1 cup Olive Oil

Instructions
 

  • Place the ingredients in the blender or magic bullet and blend until a nice smooth consistency. If it doesn’t blend well, add a little bit of olive oil at a time until it starts blending well. It takes about 2-3 minutes to reach the correct consistency in my magic bullet.
  • You may ask why I don’t include pine nuts in my recipe. I tend to try to stick to foods that are local to me, and affordable to eat. Pine nuts are expensive and difficult to digest. I don’t think this recipe is lacking anything without it, but you can feel free to add 1/3 c of pine nuts if you like.
  • If you don’t have an abundance of lambs quarters in your yard, you can just replace that quantity with more basil, or use some other wonderful weeds from your yard. Some other favorites that are fun to play with are young dandelion greens, plantain, mallow, chard, beet greens, kohlrabi greens, and calendula greens.
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