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Recipe: Broccoli Pesto Sauce

I get a Vegetable Only CSA box from Farm Fresh to You every other week. Normally I customize it (another awesome feature of Farm Fresh to You’s CSA program), but I’ve been so busy that I have been getting the default veggies. This is good thing, though, because then I get veggies I wouldn’t normally select.

Last night, I pulled out every vegetable in the fridge, that had been compiling for several weeks. I hate wasting food, so I was determined to cook EVERYTHING. And I did. So many dirty dishes. YAY for dishwashers!

Broccoli Pesto Sauce

While staring at the head of broccoli and fresh basil leaves from the box, I thought – A BROCCOLI PESTO SAUCE! Why not. I never heard of a broccoli pesto sauce before and felt inspired.

And the inspiration WORKED. I tossed my roasted spring root vegetables with the broccoli pesto sauce, and it was delicious. My friend had two servings, he loved it that much.
The next day, I tossed the pesto with zucchini noodles, which I topped with the leftover vegetables from the day before. Delicious.


Broccoli Pesto Sauce

Makes about one cup of pesto sauce. I consider about 2 tablespoons a serving – it depends on how much pesto you like on your food.
4 Net Carbs per serving (where one serving = 2 tablespoons).

Additional nutritional details for this recipe can be found on MyFitnessPal


Filed Under: CSA, Dinner, Food Processor, Gluten Free, Low Carb, Lunch, Vegetarian, Veggie, Veggie Noodle maker Tagged With: basil, broccoli, pesto, zucchini

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Comments

  1. Mosa Kaleel says

    April 29, 2015 at 1:31 pm

    Great looking recipe! By the way, the main stem is quite edible. I’d suggest whipping out your vegetable peeler first, then chopping, then full steam ahead with the recipe. Alternatively, you could peel it and use as crudite.

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    • Sparky says

      April 29, 2015 at 2:05 pm

      Hey Mosa – I have used the stems, but mostly in dishes like broccoli mash. I didn’t want to use the stem in this particular recipe.

      Hmmmmmm I’ve never eaten the stem as a crudite. Just eat it raw? That sounds really cool, I’ll give it a try 🙂

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