Spicy Garden Herb Pesto

Ingredients

• 3 cups packed basil leaves
• 1/4 cup packed sage leaves
• 1/4 cup packed mint leaves
• 2 tbsp thyme (strip the tiny leaves from the hard stems)
• 1 tbsp rosemary (again, strip from the hard stems)
• 1 cup garlic greens
• 1 cup chives
• 2 large cloves of garlic , crushed
• 2 green chilli peppers , like jalapeno
• 1/2 cup nutritional yeast (you can leave this out, but it has a great cheesy flavor that's perfect in pestos)
• 1/2 cup chopped , lightly toasted walnuts
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Salt to taste
• Ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

• Place all the ingredients in a blender or food processor. Blend until you have a smooth paste (I prefer a smooth texture for this pesto as opposed to a coarser one for a basil-only pesto)

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