Comments on: Pesto Sauce http://www.diabetic.yourgrapefruitdiet.com/2003/04/27/pesto-sauce/ Healthy recips & tips for deabetics Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:35:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Rosie Deb http://www.diabetic.yourgrapefruitdiet.com/2003/04/27/pesto-sauce/#comment-3730 Rosie Deb Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:52:35 +0000 http://www.diabetic.yourgrapefruitdiet.com/2003/04/27/pesto-sauce/#comment-3730 Pesto sauce has so many wonderful uses. It is always terrific tossed with pasta, but you can also use it as a dressing for mozzarella and tomato salad, mix it with chicken and vegetables for chicken salad, or serve it as a topping for poached fish or grilled chicken breasts, or as a spread instead of garlic butter on bread. A little bit of pesto goes a long way, so use it sparingly. Pesto freezes well, so make an extra batch to enjoy later. For convenient ready-to-use portions, freeze the pesto in ice cube trays. Just pop out the amount you need and bring it to room temperature before serving. Number of Servings: 8 Serving Size: 1 tablespoon <!--more--> 1 cup loosely packed basil leaves 2 cloves garlic 2 Tbsp pine nuts 2 Tbsp Parmesan cheese, grated 1/4 tsp fresh ground black pepper 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1. Combine all the ingredients except the oil in the food processor or blender. Process until almost smooth. 2. Pour the oil through the feed tube with the processor or blender running at the slowest speed, and process until blended. Exchanges Per Serving: 1 Fat, Monounsaturated Nutrition Information Amount Per Serving Calories 52 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 5 g Saturated Fat 1 g Cholestrol 1 mg Sodium 28 mg Total Carbohydrate 1 g Dietary Fiber 0 g Sugars 0 g Protein 1 g From "ADA Cookbooks" American Diabetes Association Pesto sauce has so many wonderful uses. It is always terrific tossed
with pasta, but you can also use it as a dressing for mozzarella and
tomato salad, mix it with chicken and vegetables for chicken salad,
or serve it as a topping for poached fish or grilled chicken
breasts,
or as a spread instead of garlic butter on bread. A little bit of
pesto goes a long way, so use it sparingly. Pesto freezes well, so
make an extra batch to enjoy later. For convenient ready-to-use
portions, freeze the pesto in ice cube trays. Just pop out the
amount
you need and bring it to room temperature before serving.

Number of Servings: 8
Serving Size: 1 tablespoon


1 cup loosely packed basil leaves
2 cloves garlic
2 Tbsp pine nuts
2 Tbsp Parmesan cheese, grated
1/4 tsp fresh ground black pepper
2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

1. Combine all the ingredients except the oil in the food processor
or blender. Process until almost smooth.

2. Pour the oil through the feed tube with the processor or blender
running at the slowest speed, and process until blended.

Exchanges Per Serving: 1 Fat, Monounsaturated

Nutrition Information
Amount Per Serving
Calories 52
Calories from Fat 46
Total Fat 5 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Cholestrol 1 mg
Sodium 28 mg
Total Carbohydrate 1 g
Dietary Fiber 0 g
Sugars 0 g
Protein 1 g

From "ADA Cookbooks" American Diabetes Association

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