Originally Posted by kashu
Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts
Kim, if you grind it up and add olive oil and put it in a jar it will last for months in the refrigerator for pesto- YUM!!!
Also a dollop of pesto in your sauce is delicious!
How do you grind your basil? Also my husband cannot eat garlic and any ideas for a substitute? So may things with basil also call for garlic and just leaving out changes everything.
Oh no! Garlic makes it :(
I use my Cuisinart and then add olive oil and garlic when I put it in the jar.
You could also do what the other person said and put it in ice cubes. But what is life w/o garlic- poor guy !
I really can't think of a substitute for it. Shallots are sort of a cross b/t onion and garlic - can he eat them?
I use a lot of grated Romano cheese in mine too. It's really expensive in Ohio but when we go home to NY we buy as many chunks of it as we can fit :)
Edit- I may be wrong about shallots and besides, pesto doesn't usually have any onions.