Nutritional Yeast Pesto Sauce

Ingredients

· 2 cups tightly packed fresh basil

· ½ cup walnuts or pine nuts

· 1-2 cloves of garlic

· ½ extra-virgin olive oil

· Sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

· 1 tablespoon lemon juice

· 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast

Directions

1. Place the basil, walnut or pine nuts, and garlic in a food processor or high speed blender. Pulse until the mixture is coarsely ground.

2. Turn on motor and drizzle the olive oil into the mixture in a thin stream. Add the sea salt, pepper, lemon and nutritional yeast. Pulse until combined.

3. Serve over pasta or as a fresh dip for bread and vegetables.