{"id":16311,"date":"2013-06-27T07:27:42","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T13:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=16311"},"modified":"2013-06-27T07:27:43","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T13:27:43","slug":"kale-and-walnut-pesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2013\/06\/kale-and-walnut-pesto\/","title":{"rendered":"Kale and Walnut Pesto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2013\/06\/kale-and-walnut-pesto\/kale_pesto\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16312\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16312\" alt=\"Kale and Walnut Pesto\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kale_pesto-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kale_pesto-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kale_pesto.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>A couple weekends ago Scott and I traveled to Boulder for a beer release.\u00a0 On our way home we stopped by a Whole Foods there (huge and crazy packed!) to pick up a couple of things.<\/p>\n<p>We also grabbed dinner which was pizza.\u00a0 My pizza had kale pesto on it that I thought was unique and really tasty.<\/p>\n<p>Because I love the concept of pesto and I love kale, this was a match made in heaven.\u00a0 So of course I had to make my own version a couple of days later!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Andrea&#8217;s Kale and Walnut Pesto<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two Bunches of Kale**, stemmed and roughly chopped<\/li>\n<li>1C Walnut Halves (Raw or roasted, your choice)<\/li>\n<li>2 Cloves of Garlic<\/li>\n<li>1C Olive Oil<\/li>\n<li>1 Pinch of Kosher or Sea Salt<\/li>\n<li>2tsp Italian Seasoning<\/li>\n<li>1\/2tsp Smoked Paprika<\/li>\n<li>1 Big Pinch of Red Pepper Flakes<\/li>\n<li>2tsp Garlic Powder<\/li>\n<li>1C Grated Parmesan Cheese<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Place half the kale, walnuts, and oil in a food processor along with all of the seasonings and cheese.\u00a0 Process until it starts to break down and get creamy.\u00a0 Add the rest of the kale, walnuts, and oil and continue to process until you have a smooth creamy paste.<\/p>\n<p>Pour out into a glass container with an airtight lid.\u00a0 Makes about 2-3 cups of pesto and will keep in fridge for at least four days.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2013\/06\/kale-and-walnut-pesto\/kale_pesto2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16313\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16313\" alt=\"Kale Pesto\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kale_pesto2-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kale_pesto2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kale_pesto2-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kale_pesto2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This pesto tastes like summer. It&#8217;s grassy, slightly bitter, and feels full of sunshine.<\/p>\n<p>**I didn&#8217;t cook the kale and you are free to keep it raw or to blanch it a little first.\u00a0 If you do blanch it, you&#8217;ll have to make sure that you dry the leaves as much as possible.\u00a0 Otherwise you&#8217;ll have a watery and runny pesto.<\/p>\n<p>Since the kale is raw there is a slight grassy bitter taste up front but it soon mellows out with the garlic, walnuts, and cheese.\u00a0 It&#8217;s great as a dip, to use on pasta, or even as a spread on pizza.<\/p>\n<p>I think it would also benefit from a little lemon zest and a little squeeze of lemon juice.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t have any on hand when I made this but next time I&#8217;m going to give it a try.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2013\/06\/pizza-revisted\/kale_pesto_pizza\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16309\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16309\" alt=\"Pizza slice\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/kale_pesto_pizza-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/kale_pesto_pizza-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/kale_pesto_pizza-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/kale_pesto_pizza.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I ended up having this pesto three ways, well four, if you count eating that little slice of bread up there with the pesto on it.<\/p>\n<p>Next week, you&#8217;ll get to see the other delicious way to have this pesto.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple weekends ago Scott and I traveled to Boulder for a beer release.\u00a0 On our way home we stopped by a Whole Foods there (huge and crazy packed!) to pick up a couple of things. We also grabbed dinner which was pizza.\u00a0 My pizza had kale pesto on it that I thought was unique [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[36,49,16],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-4f5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}