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I made the BEST dinner tonight. Seriously. Out of this world!
Sticking with the theme of walnut oil, I present to you…
Walnut Oil Pesto Pasta
Ingredients:
- Walnut Oil Pesto* (recipe below)
- 2 cups whole wheat pasta
- 1 cup grape tomatoes
- asparagus (As much as you want!)
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 TBSP canola oil
Directions:
- Bring pot of water to boil, and begin cooking pasta.
- Sautee asparagus and red pepper flakes for about 3 minutes, add grape tomatoes. Cook veggies for 2 more minutes. Remove from heat.
- Create Walnut Oil Pesto. Recipe is below.
*Walnut Oil Pesto
(from LaTourangelle.com) <—they have some awesome oil recipes!
Making pesto is so simple. All I did was put the following ingredients into my Ninja:
- 3 cups basil leaves
- 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
- 3 TBSP grated parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup walnut oil
- salt, to taste
It literally took less than one minute to create this creamy goodness.
And only 15 minutes to make a delicious dinner! Let’s take another look…
I can’t wait to eat leftovers for lunch tomorrow!
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Olympics time! Women’s figure skating concludes tonight. I hope I can keep myself awake as my eyelids are feeling quite heavy at the moment.
I’m going to be very, very sad when the Olympics conclude. When the 2008 summer Olympics ended, I was down for at least a week. I get so into this stuff. Real life trials and triumph! It’s even better than a documentary.
Seriously, who isn’t rooting for this lady?
Goodnight, LHP readers!
What interesting cooking oils have you experimented with?
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that dinner looks fab! Esp the pesto… I am definitely going to try that! I am watching the Olympics too- anxiously awaiting the figure skaters! I don’t cook with unique oils but I’ve tried truffle oil for dipping bread in- so good!
I love pesto. It’s one of my favorite things to make. I bet the walnut oil made it even better.
oh em Geeeeeeeeeee! I love pesto! It is one of my most fav. flavors/foods/sauces every!! You totally have me craving pasta right now! Delicious!
And yes…..go Joannie!
Oh I just looove pesto! I actually had it tonight with sweet potato gnocchi, but your walnut pesto sounds much better! Thanks for an awesome recipe!
I have that walnut oil! I got it at TJ Maxx. They actually have a pretty nice cooking section. I haven’t used it much though (but I can’t see why not?!)
pesto is glorious on everything! I’ve never experimented with walnut oil, does it taste nutty? I mostly use canola and olive oil, but have used cottonseed too. Looks really tasty!
I love walnut oil, I also love sesame oil its great for a salad dressing x x
Delicious sounding pesto! I’m yet to discover the joys of different types of oil…to me, oil is just oil lol, they all look the same!
That pesto looks so delicious! Another good raw nut recipes to try is cashew cheese, if you haven’t tried it already! I haven’t really tried a lot of different oils im so use to using my olive oil
I do use sesame oil though, it taste great when sauteing vegetables, it gives them such a light tasty flavor!
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I like pesto but have never made my own. I don’t know why; I’m sure homemade tastes way better than store-bought. I have a thing of pistachio oil that I don’t know what to do with. Pistachio pesto?
my bf has been bothering me to make my own pesto. It looks easy…although I don’t have walnut oil I might give it try with olive oil. Mmm…pesto. BTW I haven’t really tried any different oils..I’m thinking I might try coconut oil!
Great dinner….never tried walnut oil. Have experimented with hemp oil and coconut oil-love the smell!
Have a great weekend……
That pesto sounds great! I love it! I usually just buy the jarred stuff (bad blogger…I know!) I haven’t ever used Walnut oil either but I am always up for trying something new!
its funny that you posted about pesto today because the one and only time i made it was when i was following gillians recipe. she is a total NUT. i joined her club once for 15 bucks a month because len and i thought we’d go on her diet. we lasted one day. it’s SOOO much work.
Dinner looks good.. I love Pesto
I enjoy grapeseed oil for cooking
Looks so good! I love pesto. I’m going to have to keep an eye out for walnut oil.
OMG that look SO good I freakin LOVE pesto on anything esp chicken!! its so good, this looks phenom, and oh so fresh!!
Oh yeah, these beats my Mock Pesto recipe, for sure! Thanks for sharing, it looks fabulous.
Pesto makes everything 1000x more delicious!
MMMMM…looks delicious!!
That pesto looks awesome!
I have used all sorts of oil. I really enjoy experimenting with them to see what sort of flavors I get. My favorites are grapeseed and olive oil. For salads, I love non toasted walnut oil though.
Beautiful dinner! Just makes me want some walnut oil even more
Delicious … and simple! My kind of cooking!
Looks like another amazing recipe Lily!
Since my budget is a bit tight right now, do you think the pesto would work with a lower-end oil, like EVOO, for example?
I’ve never used walnut oil, but that pesto definitely looks delicious!
I’m going to be bummed when the Olympics are over too just cuz it’s so nice to always have something to watch haha
Wow that pesto looks awesome, I have to try I out! Pesto is my favorite pasta topping but I rarely have the ingredients to prep it.
Jean, I definitely think it would work just as well with EVOO!
your food is so colorful! looks great
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Ahhh! Your pesto looks amazing! I have never tried walnut oil (expensive) I bet it was great in the pesto. Sometimes when I make it, I add pine nuts.