I was making Pasta and Rice for lunch on Saturday and wanted to top it off with something other than sauce. Actually, I do have a delicious Lemon Sauce recipe but I didn’t have lemons on hand so I made Tomato Pesto with some tomatoes that I picked up a few days ago, which I absolutely love. Now, that I think of it I think my next post might just be the Lemon Sauce for Pasta. Not sure will have to check if I have all the ingredients. hehehheI don’t really like to add Basil into my recipes, because I find the taste and smell to be a bit intense. But I did add just a few pieces of Basil into this recipe. (Now if you enjoy the intense taste then go ahead and add as much as you want) Maybe this is one of the reasons I do not eat Garlic.My husband doesn’t like to eat Pesto, so this was a nice opportunity for me to make something I truly enjoy. I always add a few fresh tomatoes when making my Pesto, and beat it just a few minutes more so that they can combine with the sun dried tomatoes. You might just like this recipe…a bit different but still tastes gooddddd!!!

The toasted pine nuts are wonderful in this pesto dish!

My kids will eat just about anything if you put cheese or pesto on it. This is a simple, but totally delicious sauce, dip or topping for meat.

Sometimes you need to make something, but you don't have exactly what you need. So you adapt and try something. Well I did not have fresh basil so I used dried.

I needed a recipe to make use of a lot of fresh basil from a friend's garden. This is a slight variation on a classic Italian sauce/spread that is very versatile.

One of the great sauces, this recipe was given to me by my mother.#GlobalApron

Someone gave me a "bunch" of basil from the garden and I wanted to use it. I combined ingredients from a few recipes online and came out with this. It was very yummy. Good luck!!

I started making this recipe to use up the large amount of basil that I picked from my garden! It was more delicious than any store bought sauce. So from then on I've always made pesto.Pine nuts are surprisingly expensive! When I tried making it with walnuts, I realized that they totally work just as well If you're interested in the difference, why not try both versions? Recipe by Usagino mori

I love pesto. Once when i couldn't find pesto in the fridge, i decided to make it myself. And surprisingly it turned out the very best pesto i ever made.

My friend Petra showed her purple basil and I was so intrigued. I actually never saw it before. I grew some and am now harvesting my first bit. I thought this would be fun and whimsical to change from the norm. I added a small amount of shallot and different cheeses to further have fun and flavor in a traditional recipe. It still turns out mostly green.lol

Because the basil was abundant outside and the fall is approaching, it was time to make pesto and pasta for that matter.

Can be used to top pasta, chicken, in place of tomato sauce on pizza...