Pasta in Pesto Sauce Recipe. All Variations

adapted from Levana Cooks, using Garden Vegetable Levana Nourishments

Pesto Sauce is one of the most versatile pasta sauces I know.

The perennial Pesto sauce favorite is based on basil, olive oil, and toasted walnuts; but we have seen it recast with a different herb or nut, and tasting just as delicious and interesting. Use it not only as a pasta sauce but as topping for cooked chicken or fish, or a dip. I find that toasting the nuts intensifies the pesto’s flavor, so don’t skip that step!

Did you know you can make pesto sauce with many other herbs than basil?

Scroll down, you’ll see!

And did you know you can make it vegan?

Ditto

It keeps really well, so don’t divide the recipe. Besides, I doubt it will last you long enough to go bad. A slather on a fantastic piece of sourdough toast and you will watch it go down fast!