I used pumpkin seeds instead of nuts so if your kids like pesto its lunch box friendly for nut free schools. I try not to eat too many nuts and pumpkin seeds are really good for you, I activate mine (much kinder on your gut)
HEALTH BENEFITS:
- contain magnesium
- zinc
- best source of plant based omega 3 fats
- good for prostate health
- good source of trytophan (help you to sleep)
- anti-inflammatory
sourced from Mercola.com
OPTIONS:
To make this dairy free or vegan replace Parmesan cheese with Nutritional Yeast Flakes.
Thanks for reading here is the recipe for Pumpkin Seed Parsley Lemon Pesto
PUMPKIN SEED PARSLEY LEMON PESTO
PREP TIME/TOTAL TIME
Author: The Easy Healthy Way
Recipe type: condiment
Serves: 11/2 cups
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup parsley
- 1 cup spinach
- 1 cup coriander
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 cup pumpkin seeds (preferably activated) 120gm
- ½ cup cold pressed olive oil 95gm
- Parmesan cheese 70gm
- Lemon juice ¼ cup 30gm or juice of medium size lemon
- ½ to 1tsp of lemon zest (personal preference)
- Sea salt and cracked black pepper to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
- Place all ingredients in a high powered blender or thermomix and pulse a few times until you get the desired chunkiness . Scrape down in between pulses.
