Cilantro Pesto Recipe

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"Feel free to make this simple pesto ahead of time and freeze it." This brightly colored pesto tastes as fresh as it looks! Karen Deaver, Babylon Village, NY

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Cilantro Pesto Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 10 min.

Yield: 8 Servings

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Ingredients

1 cup fresh cilantro leaves
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons lime juice
1/2 cup olive oil
Cooked jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined

Directions

Place cilantro and cheese in a food processor; cover and pulse until chopped. Add walnuts and lime juice; cover and process until blended. While processing, gradually add oil in a steady stream. Serve with shrimp. Yield: 1 cup.

Nutritional Facts 2 tablespoons (calculated without shrimp) equals 152 calories, 16 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 2 mg cholesterol, 40 mg sodium, 1 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Cilantro Pesto in Taste of Home April/May 2010, p46