Awesome Vegan Pesto

Prep time: 10 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

Nutritional yeast offers a dairy-free alternative to cheese in this easy vegan basil pesto recipe featuring pine nuts and sun-dried tomatoes.

Ingredients

3 cups fresh basil leaves
6 tablespoons pine nuts
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
4 cloves garlic
3 slices sun-dried tomatoes
3/4 teaspoon coarse sea salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 pinches paprika, or to taste
6 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

1 Combine basil, pine nuts, nutritional yeast, garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, salt, pepper, and paprika in a food processor. Blend, gradually pouring in olive oil, until liquefied.