Vegan Pesto - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 cup pine nuts (you can use walnuts too)
    1/3 cup olive oil (For a lower fat version replace half the oil with soy milk)
    1/3 cup nutritional yeast
    1 1/2 cups fresh basil
    3/4 teaspoon salt
    1/2 teaspoon black pepper
    3 -5 garlic cloves
Preparation
    Combine all the ingredients except the cloves of garlic into a food processor until everything is ground. I personally like it smoother than normal so I let the food processor run for a bit longer.
    Combine in the cloves of garlic one at a time and keep doing taste tests until you feel there is enough (be careful not to chop your finger off with the food processor -- it really kills the pesto).
    Add more salt and pepper to taste and enjoy!

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