Carrot Greens Pesto

Help reduce food waste with this tasty pesto recipe made using fresh carrot greens.

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1 cup chopped carrot greens
1 cup basil
1/4 cup pine nuts
3 garlic cloves
1/2 small lemon, juiced
⅓ cup olive oil

Whether your carrots are orange, purple, red, white, or yellow, the tops for this recipe should be green. So remove anything that is wilted or begun to brown. We don't want that for our pesto! FACT: Baby carrots are anything but. Those bags of baby carrots you find at the store are actually larger carrots that have been shaved down, and given that "baby carrot" shape. Talk about food waste! Just say no to those baby carrots!

Add 1 cup chopped greens, 1 cup chopped basil, 1/4 cup pine nuts, 3 peeled garlic cloves, 1/2 of a small lemon, juiced, and 1/3 cup of olive oil to your food processor. Puree until everything is minced and smooth. You might need more oil.

While this pesto is vegan, unlike most, I love adding it to cheese tortellini. It has a freshness you don't find in conventional basil pesto, that really compliments the cheese nicely.

Enjoy!

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[PaintDanceLive]

Brilliant! Saving resources with a healthy recipe, way to go!!!

[reginapolo]

Thank you. I'm in Italy and they have the most beautifull carrots with the tops on them and I hated to waste them!

[re-combobulate]

Thank you, will try this soon!, radish greens are great too!

[trujustice]

I love pesto mixed with scrambled egg for omelet. Kids will love it when you throw small diced ham in the omelet with some shredded mozzarella on top. It's Cat in the Hat Green eggs and ham omelet.

[Veganvideopantry]

LOVE this idea! Thanks for helping me think outside the box!

[alsinakiria]

I use onion and garlic skins in broth. It grosses some people out, but it's clean if you rinse them in a colander first. I used to throw my carrot tops in too, but eating them is an even better way to use them so I'll be doing this from now on

[lookingforsalehorses]

#reducefoodwaste <3 I love it. Thank you for sharing this information at the beginning of this video. It IS a huge environmental impact, and everyone can do something about it! I grow carrots in my garden, and I am excited to try this recipe. I currently feed the greens to my pets, so they don't go to waste, but we have a TON of them!

[lavrynthos]

We don't throw it in the garbage, we put it in the compost and return it to the garden

[simik]

Great idea! What’s a good sub for pine nuts?

[normasonnentag]

People around the world are starving to DEATH, and we throw away nearly half of our food. So very sad.