Leah's Pesto Salad Dressing

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 20 fresh basil leaves (i walk out my front door and carefully pick each leaf off the live plant, that way you can have more)
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch pepper
• 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese
• 2 teaspoons honey
• 2 tablespoons nuts
• 1 1/2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil (plain olive oil will do)

Recipe

• 1 place all ingredients in food processor, making sure to at least peel the paper off of the garlic cloves.
• 2 pulse to desired consistency, tasting as you go, adding ingredients to taste.
• 3 all amounts except basil leaves are guesstimates, as i make this almost every morning to go on my lunchtime salad.
• 4 i have used peanuts, pecans, hickory nuts, and the classic pine nuts. it's all good. whatever you have on hand will work just fine. i like it to have a distinguishable zing, those with less tolerable palates may want to just use one garlic clove.