Name: Carrot Top Pesto Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 cup carrot top greens; 1 cup baby spinach; 1 large clove garlic; ½ cup unsalted cashews; ½ tsp sea salt; ¼ tsp black pepper; ½ cup extra virgin olive oil

Carrot Top Pesto Recipe

How To Make Carrot Top Pesto

Nothing is wasted with this pesto recipe. It makes use of carrot tops and spinach flavored with cashews, garlic, virgin olive oil, and salt and pepper.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking:

Total: 10 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1cupcarrot top greens,tough stems removed
1cupbaby spinach,packed
1largeclove garlic,roughly chopped
½cupunsalted cashews,roasted
½tspsea salt
¼tspblack pepper
½cupextra virgin olive oil

Instructions

Rinse the carrot top greens to dislodge any dirt. Pick out and discard any dry, yellowed, or otherwise unappetizing looking leaves. Discard tough stems.
Place the carrot tops greens, baby spinach, chopped garlic, roasted cashews, salt, and pepper in a food processor. Pulse several times. Scrape the sides down with a rubber spatula.
While the food processor is running, slowly pour in the olive oil in a steady stream. Scrape the sides down with a rubber spatula. Pulse until smooth.