Who doesn’t love a great pesto?! This is one of my all-time favorite things to make because it’s so darn versatile.
I used to eat pesto as a treat when I’d go out to eat at restaurants, thinking it was a total guilty pleasure. Then I tasted pesto made by my (now) in-laws and was in awe of how they made it from scratch. When they told me how easy it was to make, I almost didn’t believe them! I continued to enjoy it when I ate out or bought it from the grocery store.
Fast forward a few years, and I started to realize how many additives and preservatives were added into those jars of pesto on the shelves! Canola oil? Ascorbic acid? No thank ya!
I decided to play around with making it myself by getting the basic ingredients down. It’s SO easy! It’s seriously just 6 ingredients (not including the salt and pepper)….