Ideas for Using Pesto
A plethora of basil generally translates into a big batch of pesto -- the Hotline is here to help with ideas for putting all of that pesto to good use.
ByLindsay-Jean Hard
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This time of year, the herbs in your garden or window box are probably going crazy -- not necessarily a bad thing, but you don’t want that bumper crop to go to bad before you get to it either. Adianne whipped up a big batch of pesto with her basil, and now is wondering what to do with her plethora of pesto. Some of the best ideas we’ve seen?
- Using pesto as a sandwich spread or combining it with ground turkey for extra flavorful meatloaf or meatballs, from HalfPint.
- Petitbleu suggests tossing cooked grains with pesto, or smearing it on the bottom of a pie crust for a savory pie.
- Spreading pesto on fish fillets, sprinkling them with parmesan, and then baking them in the oven, from Couldn’t Be Parve.
- Barb48 recommends using pesto in an omelet or spreading some under the skin of chicken before baking or roasting.
- Stirring it into soup or using it as a bruschetta topping, from ChefJune.