Recipe: Eating on a Dime Pesto dip/sauce

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Recipe: Eating on a Dime Pesto dip/sauce Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Pesto dip/sauce. But don't be fooled, this fantastic Creamy Herb Pesto Dip goes great for any get together and is even incredible tossed into pasta! It starts with a wonderful blend of herbs and pesto which mix into a nice creamy base. A little zesty, a little creamy and a whole lot of flavor bursting out of this dip.

You can use purchased pesto in this simple three-ingredient recipe, or make your own pesto using fresh basil from your garden.

This recipe also makes a great sandwich spread.

In a small bowl, whisk the oil, vinegar, pesto, salt and pepper.

You can have Pesto dip/sauce using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Pesto dip/sauce

  1. You need of Pistachio nuts.

  2. You need of Roasted Garlic.

  3. It’s of Fresh Basil Leaves.

  4. It’s of Kosher Salt.

  5. Prepare of Fresh Ground Black Pepper.

  6. Prepare of Olive Oil.

  7. You need of Parmesan Cheese.

  8. It’s of Freshly Squeezed Lemon (optional).

Pour into a shallow serving bowl; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

Recipe found on a box of Kraft Big Cheese Nips.

Mix cream cheese, pesto and Parmesan cheese.

With all the work that's involved in hosting most parties, it's always nice to have a few dependable shortcut recipes, like this Creamy Pesto Dip!

Pesto dip/sauce step by step

  1. Place nuts and garlic in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade for 15 seconds.

  2. Add basil leaves, salt, pepper, olive oil and the lemon juice until the pesto is thoroughly puréed.

  3. Add parmesan cheese and purée for 1 minute.

  4. I prefer to spread this on the Cauliflower crust spinach white pizza.

It can be used as a sauce for warm pasta dishes or cold pasta salads, a spread for sandwiches, a topper for grilled meats, or even a dip for bread!

You can make a Creamy Basil Pesto without the use of any heavy cream at all.

Trust — there is plenty of fat in the Parmesan Cheese and the pine nuts to.

This quick and simple basil aioli is a pesto mayo dip and spread that's perfect for burgers, fries, grilled vegetables and all of your dipping needs.

The easiest pesto aioli with just four simple ingredients, this flavorful basil sauce is ready in less than five minutes.