We are loving this delicious pesto recipe and you will, too. You can use it in so many recipes; salads, sandwiches, pasta… it’s endless! Here is a simple freezer-friendly pesto you can make so you always have some on hand.

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Super Easy Freezer-Friendly Pesto Recipe ingredients

• 2 cups fresh basil leaves, packed
• 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 cup pine nuts or walnuts
• 2 – 3 garlic cloves, peeled
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Steps in making Freezer-friendly pesto recipe

Step 1

Put everything in a food processor and pulse until you get the consistency you want. It will make one-half pint.

Step 2

Transfer to any container and put it in the freezer. Simply thaw it whenever you need to use it!

How my freezer-friendly pesto recipe turned out

My friend, Val packed hers in half-pint mason jars (leaving 1/2 inch headspace) then froze it. I filled a few ice cube trays up with mine, froze them, and then popped the cubes into a zip-lock bag for long-term storage in the freezer.

As I had more than I could fit into my trays, I filled a few baby-food jars with the remaining pesto and froze them. I love adapting recipes and added a handful of spinach and a handful of Parmesan cheese to the batch of pesto that I made!

Have you tried this amazingly easy, freezer-friendly pesto recipe?