Carrot Top Pesto Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups of organic greens – carrot fronds beet greens, celery leaves, radish tops
- ¼ cup blanched almonds
- 2 cloves garlic
- ⅓ cup parmesan cheese grated
- ⅔ cup olive oil
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place nuts and garlic in a food processor and pulse until coarsely blended.
- Add the greens and cheese, pulsing until well blended
- With the food processor running add the olive oil and pepper flakes.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- This is delicious over zoodles or other vegetable noodles and can be served hot or cold. I love it over grilled fish.
Recipe Notes
This pesto can be used as a dip, topping for meat or fish or as a traditional pesto on pasta.
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Use the raw carrots for a healthy salad! Try my Carrot & Beet Salad with Herbs recipe.
Kristen Coffield
I am a passionate advocate for food as medicine, life navigator and culinary coach. This is my space for sharing what excites, inspires and motivates me to live my best life. It began as a recipe blog for nourishing, simple, weekday meals and has become something much bigger… a guide to resilient wellness. I am excited to share my knowledge of how daily habits can cumulatively help you to live like you mean it and age like you want to.
