OIL FREE VEGAN PESTO! // Lower Calories With My Secret Ingredient 🤫

[@ChelseaMae]

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[@sonnomdeplume]

HAHAHAHA your kid staring into the camera then hunching out of sight was the cherry on top.

[@SmallcowLoL]

Your daughter getting out of the frame LOL so cute! That salad looked SOO good. Can't wait to try this!

[@ScottishLass1950]

Just got to your channel and saw your beautiful new haircut, really suits you! BTW I lived abroad from Scotland where I come from, I went into a building and I saw a girl and I just knew we'd met before but neither of us knew where. We talked about all of the local places we'd gone to, school etc.. We hadn't met before but we were both photographic models for the same photographer! What are the odds - she'd seen my photo and I'd seen hers! Hope I haven't written too off piste just another odd story It was 50 years ago and I'm now 73.........I love your recipes and all of the things I'm learning from you - thank you for all of them x

[@carolynbradshaw7969]

I've never liked store-bought pesto. Even before I went oil-free I thought it was way too oily. Great story!

[@CharGC123]

We do need our essential fatty acids, but here I'd use either or because calories love to cling to me, and without a gallbladder fat gives me digestive issues. I had a bunch of basil ready to harvest, so I made a hybrid pesto/hummus recently using a can of butter beans, the basil, lemon, and hemp hearts for fat and omega 3's. Good stuff.

[@naturallyingrid]

Thanks so much for sharing this! I’m allergic to avocado. Super helpful!

[@CharGC123]

@llyingrid Very welcome! Any kind of white beans will work, or even frozen green peas, but butterbeans are my favorite, just blend really well. It won't be quite as smooth as avocado of course, but for me it's well worth it, we can never get enough legumes! www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608274/#:~:text=They%20provide%20fiber%2C%20protein%2C%20carbohydrate,are%20cholesterol%20free%20as%20well.

[@samanthascott4125]

Yay. I woke up and said it's Friday. Chel's WILL have a new video out... thank you xxx

[@ChelseaMae]

I love this!!

[@Raddiebaddie]

2 cloves garlic 1 cup cashews 2 avocados Fill to brim with basil Juice of 1/2 lemon 2 Tbs Nooch Salt to taste (~1tsp) Blend the food processor to combine

[@lynnwalker]

Thanks for the recipe!!I also don't care for store bought pesto, I find it too salty and too heavy on the garlic. Love your daughter realizing your filming and crouching down to hide lol. 😊

[@lortc25]

I have to say I just LOVE your hair!

[@krysiakeefe6014]

I made this last night and put it on some red lentil pasta, it was delicious. My proportion of basil wasn't as big as I didn't have much but it was still very tasty. Love the addition of the avocado, which gives it a beautiful creaminess. Will also be great as a dip. Thanks Chelsea, I've been following you for years and love all your work.

[@squishypuffcreations]

OMG I need this pesto!!! Whoooa can't wait to try this recipe! You rock Chelsea!!!!

[@sarahmiller8295]

love the recipe, haircut, and congrats on 10 years!

[@ScottishLass1950]

Just one other thing as you're using basil. I grow my own and it's SO easy and saves a fortune!

[@dorrolorro]

Your kid hiding from the camera at 5:55 was the cutest!

[@roandinach]

Yay! Follower from Argentina here!! 🇦🇷🇦🇷. Great recipe! Gonna try it soon.

[@MasQueVencedorasPodcast]

You look so beautiful!! Your hair, the nose ring ❤❤❤❤

[@jennamakesbugs]

Basil is like the one herb I am consistently successful at growing, so very useful recipe! I have to say, though, I do not care for the smell of it on my hands.

[@Cinnamon111]

Weird, was just thinking about a good recipe for pesto. 😊thank u❤

[@LibbyTucker-xh7nk]

Love love love fresh pesto! Thank you for this ❤

[@barbieminimalist3109]

Yay! Can't wait to try your vegan pesto as I love, love, love pesto, but can't do the cheese version! Added bonus are the avocados!

[@cassandrabennett9446]

I know what I’m trying this weekend

[@ranakhatibthomas4031]

I haven't seen you in a while and I'm loving your hair...oh and the recipe, naturally.

[@jonigriffin7691]

Yum! Love your hair! So cute on you!

[@tanyalewington7065]

I have made this twice already...so so good! Thank you

[@ninjaturtles12121]

wow the new hair styled like this looks great on you!!

[@traceyworkman1891]

Avocado is a great fiber source too. Always looking for ways to sneak in more fiber.

[@Safire2159]

I don't even know if I've ever had pesto of any sort TBH hahaha. This recipe looks delicious! Thank you for sharing. Your daughter ducking out of the way at the end is priceless haha!

[@kaiyaramsey]

Hair is sooooo cute!!

[@Lisa-Marie90]

I loooooove your weekly uploads. ❤

[@robynirons194]

Kiwi here with a "two degrees of separation" moment in London, and another in Kathmandu. It's definitely a thing. 😍

[@Deb_BG]

I do something similar with equal parts avocado, edamame and peas and I add lemon and miso and whatever spices. Lower in fat and higher in protein. Pretty good.

[@janiegulick5674]

Oh my goodness, that looks delicious! I don’t like store bought pesto either mostly because there’s WAY too much oil and cheese. Glad you made this video, I used to make pesto all the time but haven’t in a long time. I’ll have to try this out when basil comes back in season. Thank you

[@cristinacostache]

Love your new haircut!!!❤ and will definitely try the recipe. Seems like I can only grow basil in my garden, so have it in abundance.

[@petratuccino717]

You look beautiful! Love your hair and omg, can't wait to make this Pesto! Looks AMAZING ❤😊❤ lol your daughter made my day soooo cute!!😅 Do u have video on that airfried tofu?

[@aprilm.1277]

This is really similar to a pasta sauce I make. I add almond milk and garlic with less avocado and basil, but still very similar. I put it on pasta with a ton of broccoli.

[@ChelseaMae]

Yum!

[@mastandstars]

You cut your hair!!!!!!!! OMG You look GORGEOUS Absolutely stunning Just beautiful WoW I love that look! 😍

[@angelinaa_xoxo]

thank you!!! love your videos! very helpful! you’re so cool!

[@florl.delgado4093]

Wonderful video!!!!!! Thank you for sharing ❤

[@kathrynwhelbourn2140]

This looks epic i am going to make it today. Thank you for sharing.

[@amandagates5721]

I make something similar to mix with pasta occasionally, and sometimes I use a little bit of silken tofu. I also love to add a giant blob of white miso, really takes it over the edge!

[@TheChevy777]

Hey Chelsea, your arms look sooooo awsome... muscel gain loocks good on you 🙂

[@nazeeniranfar2616]

Great pesto recipe 👍looking forward to giving it a try 😋

[@teacherlynn671]

Love it…thanks

[@mirandarileydesigns]

I have a 2 degrees NZ story! Our family left NZ in 1988 when I was 12. About 10 years ago, an NZ lady came to preach at the church in Canada that my husband and I were going to. We chatted after the service, and she knew some people from the church I went to when I lived in NZ 😂. It's a small world! Anyone here know anyone from St Andrew's in Manurewa?? Lol

[@debjohn4]

Yum!!! Thank you!

[@missb6371]

Thanks :) Can we just use a blender instead of the food processor?

[@ljean1825]

So it's pestomole, or maybe guacapesto 😂 Looks delicious I will definitely try it

[@BettyHorn]

When in February? My older son was born February 27!

[@lesliesilverzweig4110]

OK officially mind blowing and YUM! Your food is epic and literally saving my life #healthlytrying2lose28lbswyourfoodandmovementwweights

[@TheEarthycrunchy]

Yum!!!!!

[@LG-zq4ws]

Hi, where is the link to how you use the pesto in recipes?.

[@shellypike9830]

Which vegetable seasoning do you use? I see there are a couple kinds….

[@sarahkatebambam6745]

is the nutritional yeast optional?

[@Kijaceramics]

The intro 😆😆😆

[@Frualbertsson]

You are obvisiusly getting younger and younger, must be the pesto 🤩

[@ValtalksHair]

This looks tasty! Wish I wasn’t allergic to tree nuts and some seeds too 😂

[@tosca...]

You can use a half can of cannelini beans instead of nuts, I dont know what seeds you have problems with but use some you don't have trouble with eg: ½cup of pumpkin seeds/sunflower seeds, or hemp hearts

[@glendaanderson4969]

Is there a reason for roasted cashews over raw? I figured raw would be "cheesier".

[@ChelseaMae]

Better umami flavour and texture.

[@ChelseaMae]

The cashews are to replace the roasted pine nuts, not the cheese. 😀

[@jess7722]

We could all use a millionaire friend 😂

[@emanuelwelch6762]

Promo SM

[@aquabluebabe]

Lower in calories than what?! Roasted cashews AND avocado?!

[@ChelseaMae]

Oil.

[@aquabluebabe]

Yeah I get that oil is pretty much empty calories and that avocado and nuts are way more nutritious however even if this recipe serves 12 - which wouldn’t appear that generous with the amount it makes - that’s 175 calories and 14 grams of fat in one serving! Given that people following you are trying to lose weight, not gain muscle like you are now I just think it’s a bit over the top and it’s so delicious people would find it very hard to limit the amount they ate. I just compared your recipe to a classic olive oil and Parmesan one and yours actually has more fat per serving! So you can’t really call it a lower calorie pesto. There are healthier pesto recipes with way less fat; you could use half the nuts and replace an avocado with aquafaba for eg. Just my two cents Chelsea, I love your sensible advice generally but this one seems a little odd to me. 🙏❤️

[@Raddiebaddie]

Most pestos use oil and dairy (Parmesan). This uses lower calorie density foods by keeping it WHOLE and PLANT based