Best Steamed Vegetables With Basil Pecan Pesto Recipes
PECAN PESTO
Show a little Southern flair by swapping toasted pecans into this basil-and-parsley pesto.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 10m
Yield about 1 cup
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Put the pecans in a food processor and pulse until finely ground. Add the basil, parsley, garlic, lemon zest and 1/4 teaspoon salt and pulse until finely chopped. Add the Parmesan and pulse to combine. With the motor running, slowly pour in the oil and process until combined. Transfer to a bowl.
MEAL PREP STEAMED VEGETABLES
When it comes to prepping for the week ahead, we love cooking off lots of veggies so we can reach for them instead of something less healthy in the scramble of making a weeknight meal. Blanching a vegetable in boiling water and then plunging it in an ice bath is great when you're making just one kind. But for a large-scale production, our go-to method is steaming. You can use the same water for multiple batches, steaming one vegetable after the next. The result: a rainbow of perfectly cooked vegetables at the ready for grain bowls, pastas, salads, frittatas and more.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 1h15m
Yield about 2 cups of each vegetable
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Fill a large pot with 2 inches of water. Set a collapsible steamer basket insert into the pot, then bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Alternatively, use a pasta pot with the steamer insert.
- Add the broccoli, cover and cook until bright green and still crisp, 3 minutes. Carefully remove from the pot, spread in a single layer on a baking sheet and let cool to room temperature. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 5 days.
- Add the green beans, cover and cook until bright green and still crisp, 3 minutes. Carefully remove from the pot, spread in a single layer on a baking sheet and let cool to room temperature. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 5 days.
- Add the cauliflower florets, cover and cook until tender yet still crisp in the middle, 4 minutes. Carefully remove from the pot, spread in a single layer on a baking sheet and let cool to room temperature. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 5 days.
- Add the carrot slices, cover and cook until tender yet still crisp, 4 minutes. Carefully remove from the pot, spread in a single layer on a baking sheet and let cool to room temperature. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 5 days.
- Add the sweet potatoes, cover and cook until soft and yielding when pierced with the tip of a knife, about 10 minutes. Carefully remove from the pot, spread in a single layer on a baking sheet and let cool to room temperature. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 5 days.
- Add the butternut squash, cover and cook until soft and yielding when pierced with the tip of a knife, about 10 minutes. Carefully remove from the pot, spread in a single layer on a baking sheet and let cool to room temperature. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 5 days.
- Add the potatoes, cover and cook until soft and yielding when pierced with the tip of a knife, about 15 minutes. Carefully remove from the pot, spread in a single layer on a baking sheet and let cool to room temperature. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 5 days.
BASIL PECAN PESTO
I prefer the taste of pecans over the pine nuts usually called for in pesto recipes. I developed this recipe over a summer of trial and error and prefer it to all other pesto recipes!
Provided by grettagirl
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes Pasta Sauce Recipes
Time 15m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Blend the basil, pecans, garlic, Parmesan cheese, olive oil, salt, and pepper together in a food processor until the mixture becomes a slightly chunky paste.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 232 calories, Carbohydrate 2.7 g, Cholesterol 2.9 mg, Fat 24.3 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 2.9 g, SaturatedFat 3.3 g, Sodium 131.9 mg, Sugar 0.6 g
BASIL PECAN PESTO
Categories Sauce Food Processor Garlic No-Cook Quick & Easy Basil Pecan Summer Gourmet
Yield Makes about 1 1/4 cups
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a food processor blend together all ingredients with salt and pepper to taste until smooth.(Pesto keeps, surface covered with plastic wrap, chilled, 1 week.)
STEAMED VEGETABLES WITH BASIL PECAN PESTO
Categories Food Processor Potato Vegetable Side Steam Vegetarian Basil Pecan Fennel Green Bean Summer Gourmet Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
Yield Serves 6 as a main course
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- To prepare the vegetables:
- On a large steamer rack layer carrots, then fennel, and then potatoes and steam over boiling water, covered, until potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes. Transfer steamed vegetables to a platter. Steam beans, covered, until just tender, about 10 minutes, and transfer to a platter. In a food processor blend pesto with 3 tablespoons hot water, adding additional hot water if necessary to reach desired consistency.
- Serve vegetables warm at room temperature with pesto.
- To make the pesto:
- In a food processor blend together all ingredients with salt and pepper to taste until smooth. Pesto keeps, surface covered with plastic wrap, chilled, 1 week. Makes about 1 1/4 cups.
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