I fell into the Costco trap and bought a large jar of pesto today (surprisingly good, by the way!). Aside from pasta, how else do you incorporate pesto into your cooking? I smeared it on my turkey & cheese sandwich today and it was so good! But I'd love to hear some of your ideas!
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In addition to pastas and on sandwiches, it's great brushed on grilled veggies. It's also good mixed half and half with red sauce on pasta.
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We often use it as pizza sauce. Top with mozzarella, tomatoes, and parm! So good.
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I like to mix it with roasted potatoes! It's also good as a salad dressing.
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I make a delicious pesto and turkey wrap:
I mix a spoonful of pesto, mayonnaise and feta cheese in small bowl and nuke in microwave until feta is melted. I stir fry up some red and yellow peppers and onions in large fry pan.
Then I spread the pesto mix on a big tortilla wrap, put the peppers and onions in the middle and put sliced turkey breast on top. I wrap it up and put it in the pan that I had stir fried the peppers. I cook until meat is nice and hot and tortilla is starting to get toasty. BEST sandwich/wrap ever! -
If I get a BIG jar of pesto, I'll make pesto ice cubes to thaw and use later. (I love the stuff, but I can't eat it THAT much.)Then you can pop a couple in a pan of fresh pasta with some parmesan! I also love baked chicken with pesto or tomato/pesto grilled cheese! delish.
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Great ideas so far, thank you! I'm definitely going to try your suggestions.
@PEAPIE: Such a great idea to freeze the pesto into cubes, I'm doing this tomorrow!
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smear it on chicken then top with a slice of tomato and mozzarella cheese. bake it at 350. so good!
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@allison: oh yes, pizza sauce! Can't believe I forgot that! One of our favorite combos is pesto sauce, cheese, brocoli, spinach and a bit of feta cheese on top. Put the brocoli and spinach under the cheese so they don't burn!
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Pita pizzas with fresh tomatoes pesto and fresh mozzarella
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Pizza sauce!
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I make turkey pesto meatballs!
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it's really great in a panini!! we often do pesto and turkey in sourdough with cheese of your choice.
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