Cilantro pesto. What are some GREAT ideas to do with it?

Question

I acquired some on Sunday at this great little Farmers Market! Everything there was so fresh, great smells, great people, beautiful day. I have to say I really enjoyed myself.

Answer 1

The truly magnificent State Fair's gave way to the rural farmers markets

if you think poorly of the green bags TV  well rural farmers markets have got you..?

you got music ??

what subliminal message is (not heard) sorry

please before summer is gone Plant Your Victory Garden..

  

Answer 2

It would top nachos nicely :)  Topping pasta especially a cold pasta salad.  Grill chicken b*****s with lime and chili seasoning, and then top with the pesto, serve with corn and a fresh fruit salad sounds like dinner to me.

Answer 3

Cilantro Pesto is an oxymoron. I'm glad you enjoyed the farmers market and i too enjoy them and love cilantro and pesto as well. However, a pesto made with cilantro is not pesto at all. I may sound like a food snob but once the cilantro begins to slowly oxidize in the oil it has a nasty flavor. This is not true of basil and is why basil is the main ingredient in pesto. The word pesto (which is Italian, by definition means made with basil) So those who say i have roasted red pepper or sun dried pesto are just fooling themselves as well as the rest of us. I will say this though that both of those concoctions are pretty dang tasty, but they are sauces and not pestos.

Try your cilantro sauce on a quesadilla or some nacho's - avoid the pasta though...

Answer 4

i LOVE pesto.  

In sandwiches and on pasta.  It can also be tasty mixed with sour cream or cream cheese for a great spread/dip on soft breads or chips.

Answer 5

we like to grill bratwursts and smear it on them

or grill the bratwursts, then slice them up and put it over pasta with the pesto

or its great on grilled shrimp

Answer 6

1. Patch holes in the plaster walls.

2. Make "fake" mustaches

3. Mix with whiskey in blender for an "Italian Expresso"

3. Spread on noodles and eat.

Answer 7

A whole wheat bagel toasted with pesto and fresh mozzarella (melted of course). That would be yummy...

Answer 8

that's some strong stuff, it will go a long way... i would use it in any starch, ie, rice or pasta, in a salsa with corn and black beans would be wonderful, and you could use it in a marinade  for chicken or pork to put on the grill... mmmm

Answer 9

Put it on hot bread and melt some cheese on it, use it for a topping for baked salmon, add it to pasta with chopped olives.

Answer 10

stuff it in chicken with cheese and bake it.

add garlic to it and make garlic bread with butter

cook it with some rice.... it will make it flavorful.

add some chicken and veggies and toss with pasta for a yummy pasta salad

make pita chips and dip them in the cilantro pesto

this type of pesto is great with chicken and onions sauteed and topped with cheese in a burrito..

Answer 11

Swirl a teaspoon of it in chicken tortilla soup.  I use regular basil pesto in chicken tortillini soup and it makes it taste very gormet

Answer 12

MMMMMM...try using it as a sauce on pasta. Or as a substitute on pizza instead of red tomato sauce. That would be so good! Or you can use it as a snack by putting some cream cheese and the pesto on crackers.

Answer 13

make pico de gio... its a salsa dip... tomato, onion, cilantro, fresh lime juice, and salt to tast