Healthy Italian Spinach Pesto Sauce

I fell in love with Italian cuisine by watching Giada De Laurentis and Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa in FoodNetwork channel. I sometimes binge-watch their episodes.

Italian cuisine is very vibrant has great flavors. The building blocks in Italian cuisine is somewhat similar to Indian too. Pesto sauce is green-colored sauce made with Basil, Pine nuts, Parmesan Cheese and lots of EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil). This has a good shelf-life of about a month in the refrigerator.

I think Pesto is similar to Cilantro Thogayal in Tamil Cuisine where we use Cilantro/Coriander in place of Basil, Urad dhall in place of pine nuts!

I like to substitute half of basil with blanched/steamed spinach and pine nuts with Almonds. The taste is still great as the Basil Pesto.

Recipe Ingredients:
Chopped Spinach if baby spinach, otherwise blanched.
Basil
Garlic
Parmesan Cheese
Toasted Almonds (Whole)
EVOO
Salt, Red chili flakes and Pepper pwd as needed.

Blend all together with 2 tbsp of water with adding oil in-between and emulsify. Adding water will reduce the shelf life.

Just add the sauce to cooked pasta/spaghetti or Use it on a toast and serve as bruschetta! Bon Appetito!

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