Spinach pesto

Name: Spinach pesto
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Spinach leaves, cut up finely with scissors; Cream cheese (1/3 less fat); Finely chopped pecan; Parmesan cheese; drops Lemon juice, few; to taste Dill weed; to taste Parsley; to taste Sea salt

alley927cat @cook_7853600

This recipe is my southern answer to pesto. It's a bit savory, so I balance the bite with a slice of apple for service on crackers. It could easily be used for sandwich filling, or stuffing pasta, or a general use filling.

alley927cat @cook_7853600

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Ingredients

Spinach leaves, cut up finely with scissors
Cream cheese (1/3 less fat)
Finely chopped pecan
Parmesan cheese
dropsLemon juice, few
to tasteDill weed
to tasteParsley
to tasteSea salt

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Steps

1

Use equal parts of cream cheese, pecan, parmesan, and cut spinach. Assemble in a mixing bowl.
2

Use a few drops of lemon juice to make cream cheese more easily blend with other ingredients. Be careful, too much lemon can make mixture bitter.
3

Add parsley, dill weed, and sea salt to please your pallet. Mix thoroughly.
4

Chill for service.
5

Serving suggestion: In photo above, the spread is topping for a cracker with a base of spinach leaf, thin sliced fugi apple, thin slice hard boiled egg, then topped with the spread. The apple adds a balancing sweetness that creates a perfect bite for my pallet. Bon appetit y'all.