How to Make Simple Basil Pesto Homemade

How to Make Simple Pesto Homemade

Even though basil is super easy to grow from seed, I typically purchase a flat of basil from the nursery to plant in my garden.

I’ve started it from seed before.

But I tend to buy it from the nursery and plant it around the last frost date.

Do you grow a lot of basil too?

Whether I start it from seed or purchase plants from the nursery, my basil does so well I can never use it quickly enough.

It seems like there’s always more!

Some years, I’ve grown my basil in the vegetable garden.

And some years, I’ve mixed it in with my flower gardens.

But this year, I grew it in my new raised garden beds and it did so well!

One of the easiest ways to use that basil is to make pesto homemade.

Just snip a bunch and make this amazing pesto sauce.

And if you aren’t growing any in the garden this year, you can easily purchase fresh basil from the market.

But the best part?

This homemade pesto will keep in the both the fridge and freezer.

So I made huge batches of it.

Notes About This Pesto Recipe

While many pesto recipes use Parmesan cheese, I make it with either Romano or Parmesan.

Most often I make it with Parmesan, because that’s what I have on hand.

But Romano is really good in pesto because it has a stronger, more robust flavor.

So use whatever you have on hand.

And if you don’t have pine nuts?

No problem, you can easily substitute it with walnuts.

As an aside, whenever I make pesto homemade, I eyeball the ingredients.

So every batch I make tastes a little different every time.

Thus, the ingredients listed below are estimates.

Feel free to add more or less depending on your liking.

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