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Simply Scrumptious- One Pesto Makes Two Dishes

Learn how to create a yummy parsley-walnut pesto that morphs two ingredients into two delicious dishes.  1. Kale Salad 2. Potato Salad
Course Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • Cilantro Walnut Presto Pesto:
  • Bu. cilantro
  • 3 cups walnuts
  • 2 TBL lemon juice
  • 4 TBL nutritional yeast
  • 1/2 tsp each: black pepper, mustard powder
  • 1 tsp sea salt or to taste
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1-2 cups water
  • Pickles in a Pinch-Pickled Onions:
  • 1 red onion
  • splash apple cider vinegar
  • sprinkle extra virgin olive oil
  • dash sea salt
  • Kale Salad:
  • 1 bu. curly kale
  • 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
  • dash apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp. sea salt
  • pesto to taste see recipe above
  • garnish suggestions: pickled red onion, grated carrot, diced tomato
  • Potato Salad:
  • 2 medium sized potatoes about a pound: Yukon, red, purple, sweet potatoes
  • splash extra virgin olive oil
  • dash sea salt
  • pesto to taste see recipe above

Instructions
 

  • For the Pesto:
  • Add first 7 ingredients into a blender or food processor.
  • Pulse to mix ingredients.
  • Scrape down sides of blender or food processor.
  • Drizzle oil in.
  • Drizzle in water till thickness and smoothness that you desire.
  • For The Picked Onions:
  • Super thinly slice red onion. Use a mandolin if you have one.
  • Sprinkle in remainder of ingredients.
  • With gloved or clean ungloved hand gently massage the onions to break down within about a minute.
  • Enjoy on anything and everything...yum!
  • For The Kale Salad:
  • Pull kale off ribs/stems.
  • Break apart into bite sized pieces.
  • Wash and spin (or dry the old fashioned way).
  • In a large bowl drizzle olive oil, apple cider vinegar, and sea salt.
  • Massage gently with a gloved or clean ungloved hand.
  • Season with pesto as desired.
  • Garnish with options above.
  • For The Potato Salad:
  • Dice and boil potato till fork tender (usually 10+ minutes)
  • Toss with extra virgin olive oil and salt.
  • Season with pesto as desired.
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