Vegan Sundried Tomato Pesto {Gluten-Free, Vegan}

Switch up your regular basil pesto and make vegan sun dried tomato pesto instead. Perfect as a snack, on sandwiches, with pasta, gratins, you name it.<

I love having home made pesto in the fridge. It’s perfect for all snacking occasions. When I come home from work starving, lacking even the energy to make it through cooking dinner, dipping a few crackers into this vegan sun dried tomato pesto refuels me and holds me over until dinner. And let’s be honest, sometimes a few crackers turns into the whole box, because once pesto is around I really have problems controlling myself. Yes I just love pesto that much! Who doesn’t though?

Or there are those nights when I plop down on the couch with a glass of wine and a plateful of crackers with pesto. Crackers on their own are boring, but add that tablespoon of vegan sun dried tomato pesto and you’ve just bumped your snack up to the next level. Or you can add it to gratins, sandwiches, pastas, you name it. It’s just about the most versatile spread in the world of cooking.

I usually make the standard basil pesto with my all time favorite food processor, but decided to branch out recently and made this vegan sun dried tomato pesto dip. A perfect match. And so I present to you my new favorite pesto. If you love the flavor of sun dried tomatoes you’ll love this. To keep  bit of balance I still decided to add some basil to this vegan sun dried tomato pesto, but you could just go sun dried tomatoes all the way. That much I’ll leave up to you! Also feel free to experiment with the nuts that you add – walnuts, cashews, almonds will all be good here! There simply is never a shortage of pesto combinations or varieties and I guarantee every one will be delicious!

My other favorite pesto recipe is my Cheesy Vegan Basil Hemp Seed Pesto (which goes perfectly with my Prosciutto Bread Sticks, Pesto Brown Rice Pilaf, and Broccoli Steak).

So feel free to try both and let me know which one you like more! My pesto making adventures will continue as I keep branching out to different ingredients so stay tuned, pesto lovers.

How to make sun dried tomato pesto vegan recipe

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Vegan Sun Dried Tomato Pesto

Prep Time

10 mins

Total Time

10 mins

 

A delicious alternative to the traditional basil pesto - make vegan sun dried tomato pesto instead!

Course: Appetizer, Dips & Spreads, Snack

Cuisine: Healthy, Vegan

Servings: 8

Calories: 45 kcal

Author: Vicky

Ingredients

• 1 cup 4 oz basil
• 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes
• 1/4 cup walnuts or cashews
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1/2 lemon juiced
• pinch red pepper flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup oil from sun-dried tomatoes jar add more oil if necessary

Instructions

1. Add all ingredients to food processor and process until smooth. Add more oil if necessary.

Recipe Notes

Recipe makes 1 cup

Nutrition Facts

Vegan Sun Dried Tomato Pesto

Amount Per Serving

Calories 45 Calories from Fat 18

% Daily Value*

Fat 2g3%

Sodium 162mg7%

Potassium 274mg8%

Carbohydrates 5g2%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 2g2%

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin A 220IU4%

Vitamin C 7.2mg9%

Calcium 20mg2%

Iron 0.9mg5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.