This low calorie basil pesto recipe tastes just like the full fat version!I cut 100's of calories with a few modifications, and without any weird ingredients... just basil, garlic, pine nuts, parmesan, and olive oil.
Add the basil, olive oil, pine nuts, garlic, parmesan to a food processor or blender.
Blend until you reach desired consistency adding 1 teaspoon of water at a time to thin if needed.
Notes
3 Ways to Serve Healthy Pesto:
Use Pesto as a Marinade - Make pesto chicken and marinade chicken breasts in pesto sauce before baking or adding to the Instant pot.
Use Pesto on Pasta - After draining pasta, add to a bowl and top with skinny pesto. Toss together and top pesto pasta with rough chopped basil and parmesan cheese.
Make Pesto Salad - Chop summer veggies like tomatoes, cucumbers and avocado into bite sized chunks. Toss in the low calorie pesto recipe.