Side Items

Fresh Spinach Pesto is for Side Dish.

Fresh Spinach Pesto takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Fresh Spinach Pesto takes several minutes to cook.

Fresh Spinach Pesto makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for Fresh Spinach Pesto are:

1 package (10 oz) Fresh Spinach, divided
2 Garlic cloves grated (or more or less to taste)
Juice of 1 large Lime or 2 small key limes
1.5 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil ( or to taste)
2 tbsp Parmesan Cheese, grated (fresh or Kraft kind)
1.5 tbsp Pine Nuts
Salt
Pepper

Here is how you make Fresh Spinach Pesto:

Put first three ingredients in blender (or food processor), only adding 1/3 of spinach to begin with, and pulse until spinach starts to grind up. Drizzle oil into blender through chute and alternate spinach and oil a little at a time until all ingredients are blended. Add cheese and nuts a little at a time, pulsing as you add. Lastly, add salt and pepper to taste. Scrape mixture out of blender and store in tight container for up to 5 days in refrigerator. ENJOY!Serving Size: Makes 12 One Tbsp Number of Servings: 12Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PRSPLACE.

The nutritional information for Fresh Spinach Pesto is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 33.0

• Total Fat: 2.8 g
• Cholesterol: 0.7 mg
• Sodium: 34.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 1.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.6 g
• Protein: 1.2 g