Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, low fat basil pesto. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Low fat basil pesto is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Low fat basil pesto is something which I have loved my whole life.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook low fat basil pesto using 8 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Low fat basil pesto:

1. Take 2.5 cups packed fresh basil
2. Make ready 1 cup pecans, soaked in water overnight or in hot water for at least 1 hour
3. Make ready 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
4. Make ready 3/4-1 cup water
5. Get 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
6. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
7. Get 1/4 teaspoon salt
8. Make ready Freshly ground black pepper to taste

Traditional pesto is an Italian sauce made with fresh basil, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese, lemon, garlic, and olive oil. It is traditionally made with a mortar and pestle but most people use a food processor or blender now for convenience. Although basil is the traditional herb used, you can make pesto with all kinds of different combinations herbs and greens. Great recipe for Low fat basil pesto.

Instructions to make Low fat basil pesto:

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Drain pecans of the soaking water, lay them out on a silicone baking mat and roast for about 20-25 minutes until toasty but not burned.
2. Add all ingredients to a food processor and run it until ingredients are incorporated. Add enough water so it forms a paste. You’re done. Enjoy your basil pesto.

Although basil is the traditional herb used, you can make pesto with all kinds of different combinations herbs and greens. Great recipe for Low fat basil pesto. I needed a #lowfat version so I made this. It uses pecans instead of pine nuts and much less olive oil than normal. Basil pesto is one of my favorite foods, especially in the summer.

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