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April 2, 2013 By Jill 11 Comments

How to Make Chickweed Pesto

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Making pesto from fresh chickweed is a cinch! Here's a delicious recipe for chickweed pesto!

Chickweed is a very nutritious plant and is plentiful this time of year!  I hope you’ll harvest some today and make this yummy pesto. 🙂

Ingredients:

1 cup fresh chickweed
1 cup fresh basil
2 cloves garlic
1/2 cup olive oil
3-4 oz. parmesan cheese
3-4 oz. almonds

Put all the ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.  

 

 

Serve with chips or crackers.
The kids loved this pesto!  It is loaded with nutrition and so easy to make.  This is a simple way to add good nutrition to your family’s diet.  

Have you ever made a healthy pesto?


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  1. Jenifer Harrod says

    April 2, 2013 at 7:58 pm

    never have, but this is a great idea because I just bought chick weed seeds to grow for my chickens.

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    • Jills Home Remedies says

      April 3, 2013 at 9:47 pm

      Now your family can enjoy chickweed nutrition along with your chickens, Jenifer. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Deborah Wynn says

    April 3, 2013 at 12:16 am

    Would love to try, but need to know for sure what chickweed looks like I’m sure somewhere around the house it is growing, as most weeds do. Making a mistake in identification could be yucky, not to mention deadly.

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    • Jills Home Remedies says

      April 3, 2013 at 9:54 pm

      Deborah, I have a picture of chickweed in this post:
      http://www.jillshomeremedies.blogspot.com/2013/03/herbal-club-for-kids.html

      In the early spring it grows low to the ground. It has a single line of tiny hairs on one side of the stem. It grows in a sprawling fashion in early spring and easily gets tangled with other plants – giving it a tangled hair appearance.
      It has tear shaped leaves and grows a small white flower in spring and summer. It has no poisonous look alikes either!

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  3. Joy says

    April 3, 2013 at 12:22 am

    That looks great, Jill–thanks for sharing it! I try to grow basil every year to make pesto. Makes me long for summer! 🙂

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    • Jills Home Remedies says

      April 3, 2013 at 9:54 pm

      I’m looking forward to summer also, Joy! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Kristen (Smithspirations) says

    April 4, 2013 at 10:08 pm

    We love pesto, and chickweed. What a fabulous combination! Can’t wait to make it!

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    • Jills Home Remedies says

      April 5, 2013 at 2:07 am

      I would love to hear how you like it, Kristen! 🙂

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  5. Joyce says

    April 6, 2013 at 10:10 pm

    I have never made a pesto, but am looking forward to doing so from my GMO free organic garden, pinning this recipe to try later. Our chickweed has come and gone before I knew what it was, looking forward to next fall which is when it is in bloom here.

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    • Jills Home Remedies says

      April 7, 2013 at 2:38 am

      You must live in a hot area for your chickweed to be gone already. I hope to get most of ours dried and stored before its gone. {fingers crossed ;)} Thanks for pinning and great to hear from you, Joyce!

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