"Doug Freyburger" > wrote in message
om...
> Franfogel wrote:
> >
> > I have lots of fresh basil coming in, but I'm not supposed to eat nuts.
Does
> > anyone have a recipe for a pesto without nuts? Some kind of wonderful
mixture
> > that would go on pasta or pizza would be ideal. Thank you.
>
> If you're making it for pizza sauce are the nuts all that necessary?
> Basil, olive oil, garlic pressed into paste, simmer until smooth,
> use as sauce.

I do not think that pine nuts are really nuts in the sense that cashews,
pecans, etc. are. Neither are peanuts for that matter. Pine nuts are seeds.
Perhaps your ban does not apply to items that are called nuts but are not?


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