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In This Post: Everything You Need For Basil Sauce
The main thing:
Take Me To The Recipe
Other stuff:
How To Make This Basil Sauce
Step 1: Get All Your Ingredients Ready
You can use a blender, food processor, or a mini-chopper-type gadget. I love this mini-chopper (affiliate link). It’s not meant for sauces necessarily, but I use it all the time because it’s super compact.
Step 2: Blend Your Basil Sauce
That’s it! Just blend, taste, and adjust! This sauce can be a bit chunky / textured, so keep it going until it has the consistency you want. I prefer something right before completely pureed – where it has just barely noticeable flecks of herbs, but it’s mostly smooth and creamy.
Step 3: Put It On All Your Yummy Things
Like so. (Here’s that recipe.)
Lindsay’s Notes
Ooh baby. Basil, chives, garlic, and a tiny hit of oregano all in a creamy, salty, bright green sauce – I love this so much. The first time I made this, my toddler (who mostly just eats crackers) found a spatula and just sat at the counter licking the remnants of the sauce out of the blender with me. And I hear that from a lot of people – many kids seem to be very into this for unknown reasons. Sometimes it just hits right, ya know? A+ for that experience. My favorite thing about this sauce, besides that it tastes like heaven, is that makes healthy-ish eating something I really, actually look forward to. Baked salmon goes up about 100 notches in my book when smothered in this creamy green sauce. Same goes for shrimp, chicken, and a big fresh salad or lots of roasted veggies. This will not be the last we see of this sauce, which is why I decided to give it its own post on POY. Welcome home, little basil sauce.
Things You Could Put It On
The possibilities! They are endless.
Trader Joe’s Focaccia Turkey Sandwich – this would be perfect in place of the pesto mayo. The Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich – okay as a sauce on this?! yes. Cashew Crunch Salad – as a dressing! Chopped Salad Pizza – I’m imagining this smothered all over it, and I like this idea so much that I’m going to make it for dinner tonight. Spaghetti with Crispy Zucchini – a little side bowl to dunk some of those crispy zucchini in. Lemon Herb Pasta Salad – I’ve seen a few of you doing pasta salad with this sauce on Instagram and it looks amazing. BLT Panzanella Salad – BLT flaves plus basil sauce is a match made in heaven.
5 from 14 reviews
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