Stinging Nettle Pesto

Put these weeds to good use in a sauce that’s bursting with so many vitamins and minerals, it could be called a Spring Tonic. It’s a perfect complement to mild fish like halibut, grilled chicken, and it gives your minestrone another interesting layer of flavor.

Step: 1

Place hazelnuts in a dry skillet over medium heat; cook and stir until toasted, 3 to 4 minutes.

Step: 2

Bring a pot of water to a boil. Wearing gloves, add nettles to boiling water; cook until nettles are tender and still maintain the bright green color, about 2 minutes. Immediately transfer to a colander and run under cold water to stop the cooking process. Let nettles cool and drain.

Step: 3

Place the nettles in a clean kitchen towel and squeeze excess water from the greens.

Step: 4

Combine nettles, hazelnuts, Parmesan cheese, and salt in a food processor fitted with a puree blade. Pulse a few times before turning the processor on. Stream olive oil through the feeding tube while the processor is running until pesto is smooth.

Per Serving: 120 calories; protein 3.1g; carbohydrates 2.8g; fat 11.1g; cholesterol 4.4mg; sodium 237.5mg.

One of most obvious way to choose a side dish is to caught at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and choose more different. If you’re cooking pasta, go for a simple vegetable . Made steak? Go for more light. If you’re making stir-fry with rice, it must not a best idea to adjust with make a rice salad.

This also can apply to cooking method . You don’t want to push more often your oven by making to do list three dishes at once in there, or be rounding four pans on the stovetop . But often you can made a dish do more often .