Radish Pesto- one of many things you can make with radish greens

how a bunch of radish greens turned into two condiments and some flat bread

when I am very good I turn my fresh radish greens into a pesto or zippy chimichurri style sauce

when I am just good I do the  same only with slightly faded greens

when I am bad I let the greens languish and write about the times I was good instead,actually when I am bad I let the greens languish and binge watch a series I’ve already seen forgoing the writing entirely

things you can do with radish green pesto

• toss with pasta, of course.
• put it on a sandwich, I like it with chicken or turkey
• use the remnants in the food processor to make a flat bread or tortillas, or add cream cheese or butter to the food processor and use the remnants to make a flavored butter or cream cheese.
• almost all of the things I use my spicy lemon parsley sauce with

Radish Greens Pesto

a quick pesto sauce made in the food processor- a delicious way to use all the parts of the radish

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Prep Time 5 mins

Equipment

• food processor

Ingredients

  

• 2-4 cloves of garlic chopped
• about a one inch chuck of Romano or Parmesan cheese coarsely chopped
• a squeeze of fresh lemon juice optional but encouraged
• one bunch of radish greens washed and coarsely chopped
• several glugs of olive oil I add it one glug at a time until things look how I want them
• salt to taste probably not more than a pinch or omit entirely

Instructions

 

• put the garlic in the bowl of the food processor and pulse until mostly chopped
• add the cheese and do it again
• now add the greens and lemon juice and pulse another five or ten times
• add the olive oil and pulse until desired consistency is reached, scraping the sides and adding more olive oil and a pinch of salt if necessary

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