Pesto!

Trow

NEWSFLASH!!

DS has just come in and said he will try the pesto - without me even asking him! He is starting to get more 'adventurous' with food which is fab!

But there will still be some leftover....

Curry_Queen

Put it in mashed spuds mmmmmmmmmmmmmm


Funnily enough I just made some pesto earlier (as I really think I should attempt to eat something tonight) and I fancy a bit of pasta

Whitelight75

Mix pesto with mayonaise. It's great in sandwiches and with salads.

Caterina

Use it in vegetable soup, it turns it into 'pistou' - there was another thread about leftover pesto here, if I find it I shall post it for you, lots of ideas there.

Love

Caterina

billieboy_2

Mix it into some couscous with chopped veg, ie toms, mushrooms, onions. Yum, yum! Great with fish.

Magentasue

I'd go with Caterina's idea of soup - vegetable soup is one of our standards, chopped herbs in the summer, pesto in the winter.

Pesto is nice in tomato sandwiches too, scrape it on the bread instead of or as well as butter.

Caterina

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=39161&highlight=pistou

Hope it works

Caterina

Aril

Hi Trow
I make pancakes with mine- 5floz milk, 4oz SR flour,1 egg, 2tbsp pesto, oil for frying Make the batter [including pesto] as per normal small pancakes and fry. They can then be frozen or I serve them with a bit of creme fraiche and smoked salmon [from Lidl!!] on top. It's great for parties because you can prepare them in advance.
Regards
Aril

apple_mint

I made a dip tonight using pesto to go with homemade potato wedges. I mixed equal parts of pesto with low fat yogurt .. added a couple of squeezes of lemon juice. It was lovely and even the fussy youngest daughter tried it.

scrimperjan

It makes a great salad dressing, either as it is or thinned down with a bit of olive oil. Also great stirred into a tomato and onion sauce....I just can't get enough of the stuff!