Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 minute
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp of walnuts
- 2 cloves garlic
- 4 cups basil, fresh
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 medium lemon, juiced
- 1/4 cup white beans, canellini or navy beans
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth
Variation: Try pine nuts, pecans, walnuts or cashews in place of sunflower seeds. For a different flavor try arugula, parsley, cilantro, spinach or roasted red peppers in place of basil. If avoiding dairy, try adding nutritional yeast instead of parmesan.
Nutrition Facts
- Number of Servings Per Container: 6
- Serving Size: 2 tbsp
- Calories: 80
- Total Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Cholesterol: 5mg
- Sodium: 95mg
- Total Carbohydrate: 3g
- Dietary Fiber: 1g
- Total Sugars: 0g
- Added Sugars: 0g
- Protein: 4g
- Vitamin D: 0g
- Calcium: 6%
- Iron: 4%
- Potassium: 0%