This is a delicious easy recipe for pasta with pesto sauce. You can have your home made pesto sauce freezed for later uses. We are also providing other tips and combinations for pesto sauce with pasta.

1 pound thin strands or ribbons pasta, 2 cups fresh basil, 3 cloves garlic, 1/3 cup extra-virgin oil, 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese, 1/4 pine nuts, salt, freshly groung black pepper.

Parsley-mint pesto sauce:

Instead of using 2 cups of basil, substitute with 1 cup parsley, 1 cup mint. Use walnuts instead of pine nuts and Asiago cheese instead of parmesan.

Other delicious uses for pesto sauce:

• Spread pesto sauce under chicken skin before roasting.
• Add 1 tbs. fresh made pesto sauce to cooked fish steaks before serving.
• Add a spoonful of pesto sauce to steamed rice, for a great new flavor .
• Stir fry veal and peppers will taste great when adding pesto sauce at the end of the recipe.
• As a dressing, you can add a spoonful of pesto sauce to mayonnaise or vinaigrette. This will make a unique dressing for salads and vegetables.

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