Cilantro Pesto!

I am a day late with Farmers Market Tuesday (now Wednesday!).  I got home from yoga late last night and all I wanted to do was eat some dinner and go to sleep.

The pickin’s are getting slim at the market and I will miss summer produce, but one surprise I found was a huge bunch of cilantro (root and all)!  I really wanted it but one person cannot eat 3 cups of cilantro before it goes bad.  I opted for making cilantro pesto!

I wanted it to be semi-thick because I want to use it on bread.  I also do not have pine nuts because they are super expensive.

Simple Cilantro Pesto

• 2 cups cilantro
• 1/4 cup pecans
• EVOO to your thickness taste
• juice of 1/2 one lemon
• 1/2 jalapeno
• pinch salt

Throw everything but the olive oil into a food processor and blend!  Add the olive oil gradually until you get the consistency you like.

I cannot believe from 2 cups of cilantro I only got 1/2 cup of pesto!  I guess that is why the stuff is kind of expensive.

What would you use cilantro pesto on?

p.s. I am never cooking rice on the stove top again…my new rice maker we got as a wedding gift is amazing!