Homemade Pesto

Homemade pesto is so much better then store bought and really it's impossible to screw up!

Ingredients

Fresh Basil
Garlic
Parmesan Cheese
Toasted Pine Nuts
Olive Oil

In a small saute pan, start toasting the pine nuts over medium heat. Make sure to move them around frequently to ensure they don't burn.

Remove the basil from the stems and add to the blender. Use about 2 loose cups. Throw in 1 cup or so of Parmesan cheese (this isn't a science, you really can't screw up with these ingredients combined). Add in the pine nuts, usually I use a little more then what is pictured above, but that was the rest that I had. Press the garlic cloves through a garlic press (you don't want chunks in your pesto). Once you have everything except the olive oil in the blender, put the lid on and start streaming the oil in. Turn the blender on and keep adding olive oil until it smoothly blends. You might have to shake it around and stop and stir the pesto a couple of times.

When everything is nice and combined the pesto is done! It will keep in the fridge for a while, and you can use it on top of pizza (coming tomorrow) or over pretty much any kind of pasta. Just remember, a little pesto goes a long way!