12 simple garlic pesto Recipes

dry fettuccine pasta, butter , or to taste, minced garlic, pesto

butter, mushrooms, sliced, prosciutto or 60 g ham, chopped, pesto sauce, penne pasta, butter, garlic cloves, minced, flour, chicken stock, milk, salt and pepper, to taste, grated cheese (cheddar, parmesan, whatever takes your fancy)

chopped fresh basil, extra virgin olive oil, pine nuts, brazil nuts, grated parmesan cheese, minced garlic, chili powder

garlic cloves, peeled, fresh basil leaves , no stems, cleaned, washed and packed, pine nuts , carefully toasted or 2 tbsp unsalted butter, very cold, grated optional in lieu of the, sea salt , to taste, fresh ground pepper , to taste, extra virgin olive oil , more as needed, parmesan cheese, best quality, grated

manicotti pasta shells, cooked chicken, finely chopped, chive & onion cream cheese, frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well drained, tastefully simple dried tomato & garlic pesto sauce (i could not find this combo, so i bought sun dried tomato pesto and added minced garlic to make my o), shredded mozzarella cheese, for mixture, shredded mozzarella cheese, for topping, pasta sauce (use 1 jar for each dish )

basil leaves (fresh leaves only & firmly packed 2 cups), parmesan cheese (grated ), olive oil (i use extra-virgin), garlic cloves, pine nuts

french baguette, olive oil, shredded mozzarella cheese, grape tomatoes, good basil pesto, minced garlic (optional)

roasted red peppers (from a jar), sun-dried tomatoes (i used dried which had been allowed to soak in boiling water for 5 minutes), almonds (with the skin on , sliced is ok), garlic clove (or more to taste), parmesan cheese (any sharp tasting yellow cheese will do) or 20 g pecorino cheese (any sharp tasting yellow cheese will do), olive oil, salt and pepper

uncooked small seashell pasta, red wine vinegar, sugar, extravirgin olive oil, dijon mustard, salt, freshly ground black pepper, garlic clove, minced, preshredded parmesan cheese, diced simple baked ham (about 5 oz), chopped fresh basil, pine nuts, toasted

steak, pita bread, prepared pesto sauce (i used classico basil pesto), light cream cheese, goat cheese, stalks asparagus, mushrooms (i used cafe), tomatoes, olive oil, garlic salt, salt, garlic clove