Subject: Pacifist Pesto
From: [email-masked] (Cyclopz)
Date: 10 Sep 1999 06:15:31 -0600
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes

Pacifist Pesto

1 can chick peas, drained and rinsed 
2 cups packed fresh basil leaves 
1/2 cup olive oil 
Juice of two small lemons 
1 tablespoon miso (or 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese) 
3 large cloves of garlic, chopped 
1/3 cup walnut pieces 
  
Put chick peas, lemon juice, 1/4 cup of olive oil, garlic and miso (or Parmesan
cheese) in a blender or food processor and process until smooth. Add one cup of
basil leaves and the remainder of the oil and process again until well-blended.
Add the remainder of the basil leaves and process again until smooth. Last, add
the walnut pieces and mix briefly. 

Suggestions 
Serve on top of pasta with tomato sauce or as a spread on bruschetta (toasted
slices of French bread rubbed with garlic). Miso can be found in many health
food stores and Oriental groceries. 

Carina de Wit-Lord has written about vegetarianism for In Pittsburgh newsweekly
and Everybody's News, and is now the recipe writer for Cyclopz Magazine,
http://www.cyclopz.com
online magazine, an alternative news source, reporting, commentary and fiction.

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