Comments on: Pesto Sauce

By: Lena

Lena — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:47:51 +0000

Susan, it’s a wonderful recipe for Pesto, and all the better for being without olive oil.
In fact, I made it without the nuts yesterday, used a tad less water and it was delicious!
It was more liquidy than “normal” pesto, but that was perfect because I used it as a salad dressing.

Great recipe, thanks!

By: larkyn76

larkyn76 — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:24:09 +0000

I used organic white miso instead of tofu. THis recipe was awesome!! I was so impressed. Served it with whole grain rotini and vegetables. Big hit.

By: Kay,

Kay, — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:26:10 +0000

I always use ground natural almonds (aka almond flour) in my pesto’s to save a bit of cash as other nuts are pretty costly where I live. It always turns out great this recipe included!

By: Eddie Green

Eddie Green — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:56:41 +0000

Dear Susan,

Thank you for this wonderful recipe. Is it possible to make it truly fat free, i.e., replace the nuts and tofu with something?

Eddie Green

By: SusanV (admin)

SusanV (admin) — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:20:30 +0000

That’s exactly right. There’s no fat added to make tofu–it’s just soybeans and a curdling agent. All the fat comes from the soybeans themselves, which are higher in fat than most beans.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 06:25:25 +0000

Can someone enlighten me about the fat content in tofu? I thought it came from the soybeans themselves and was not added during the process of making the tofu.
I’m enjoying this fat free vegan recipe site.
Cheers

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:46:07 +0000

I’m going to try this recipe when I get home this evening, but instead of tofu, I plan to use an “Oil-less Oil” recipe I learned from the Benton Sisters that’s basically a heated mixture of filtered water, cornstarch, salt and a dried basil (although I guess you could use any dried herb you want). I’m really excited to give it a try, and I’ll post the results to let the interested know how it turned out.

And Ms. A. Fisher: if you still haven’t found Nutritional Yeast, try your local natural food grocer. They’re sure to have it.

Cheers!

By: kathya

kathya — Sat, 12 May 2012 08:07:49 +0000

I made this pesto last night and used it on whole wheat vegan pizza crust as the sauce. It was really good with assorted roasted vegetables. I will definitely make it again, it was delicious!

By: jesika

jesika — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:46:58 +0000

I’ve never seen a pesto with no olive oil. Hmm. I’ll try it.

By: Sacha

Sacha — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:33:26 +0000

I made a bunch of this stuff and have been eating it for the past couple days, with some whole wheat pasta and zucchini pasta. It was great! I forgot to add the nutritional yeast but it was still really good. Yeah, it’s not fat free but at least with the tofu you get protein, calcium, etc. Also the nuts make it a bit fatty but I think eating nuts in moderation is really good for you.