Easy Broccoli Pesto

Posted by on August 30, 2011 6 Comments

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Do you have a hard time getting your kids to eat broccoli? Those days are over my friend.

This easy broccoli pesto tastes just like traditional pesto but with a sneaky side of veggies.

My kids don’t mind the taste of pesto -often hidden within tomato sauce or under pizza toppings- but they do not like broccoli.  “I don’t like those trees” is what my almost 4 year old son says each times he sees it.

My solution to feed them this vitamin and mineral packed vegetable? Pesto sauce!

The taste is delicious and it goes great with just about anything!


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MOMables Easy Broccoli Pesto {nut free}

Ingredients

  • 1 cup broccoli florets, steamed but still crunchy
  • 1/2 cup olive oil, plus more if needed
  • a large handful of fresh basil
  • 1 small garlic clove
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
  • pinch salt

Directions

  1. In the bowl of a food processor, pulse all dry ingredients until they are finely chopped.
  2. In between pulses, slowly pour the olive oil in a thin stream.
  3. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add more if it needs it to achieve a pesto-like consistency. Makes about 1 1/2 cups of pesto.

Notes

Store in refrigerator up to 1 week. Freeze up to 3 months. If your child does not eat pesto, mix 2tsp of pesto with 1-2 TB cream cheese or ricotta cheese. This helps your child be introduced to pesto without being so strong a flavor. It makes a creamy pesto sauce. If you have an ultra-picky kid who does not eat ‘green’ try adding 1TB tomato sauce to mask the color.

http://www.momables.com/easy-broccoli-pesto/

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Pictured here is broccoli pesto pasta with Parmesan crusted grilled chicken.

 

 

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Comments

  1. gina@cateror says:
    August 8, 2012 at 3:54 PM

    What a creative idea! This would be a great dish for a kids’ party, too – ups the healthy factor without all the “yucks” :) Thanks for sharing it!

    Reply
  2. xealia says:
    March 13, 2013 at 10:36 PM

    What do I do if my kids won’t eat tomato, dairy or anything mixed? LOL ;)

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    • Laura says:
      March 14, 2013 at 9:35 AM

      Xealia, my son won’t eat anything mixed either… so I start with adding cream cheese and making it creamier or make a homemade alfredo sauce and introduce things this way. (check out the one in our recipes section)

      Reply
  3. Dana says:
    March 15, 2013 at 7:59 PM

    As much as I would love to have one, I do not have a food processor or the money to get one. Would it be possible to make this in a blender? Its a fairly inexpensive blender but pretty powerful. Do you think it would work?

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