Kale Almond Pesto
Pestomania is in the air. I’ve been working on a bunch of healthy pesto recipes lately to use up the greens in our garden. Today I created this Kale Almond Pesto. This dairy-free pesto recipe is made with only 7 ingredients and is an easy weeknight side dish!
My younger son took the photo of this Kale Almond Pesto and then proceeded to devour the entire photo shoot afterwards. “I ate all the pesto,” he informed me which was fairly obvious. I was thrilled since I love making easy, healthy paleo recipes that kids love!
Kale Almond Pesto
Ingredients
- 1 bunch kale (6 ounces), steamed to bright green
- ⅓ cup toasted almonds
- 3 cloves roasted garlic
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- pinch red pepper flakes
Instructions
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Place kale in food processor and pulse until chopped
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Pulse in almonds and garlic
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Pulse in salt, lemon juice, oil, and pepper flakes
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Continue pulsing until pesto reaches desired consistency (I like mine fairly smooth)
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Serve over Sesame Crackers
Equipment
This Kale Almond Pesto recipe is based on one from Beckie at The Organic Dish. The other day when I stopped in there, she was making a luscious looking healthy pesto and I had to make my own with kale from our garden.
This incredible paleo pesto recipe is also Whole30 compliant and amazing served over grilled portobello mushrooms. Here are some of my easy paleo cracker recipes that are amazing with this Kale Almond Pesto!
