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Buitoni Pesto with Basil

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buitoni pesto sauce

I love Buitoni pesto. It’s easy to make pesto yourself, but it’s even easier to swing by your supermarket’s refrigerated case and pick up a container of the Buitoni version. The bright, fresh taste of basil in this pesto will fool anyone into thinking you made it yourself. And really, you can take the credit–it’s okay, I won’t tell. Buitoni pesto tastes so good because it’s made with all natural ingredients–basil, parmesan, and pure olive oil, just like you’d make yourself. And for those of you who watch your calorie intake, Buitoni also makes a Reduced Fat pesto with 25% less fat than the classic version.

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In my last Buitoni review, I showed you how to throw together a quick meal using their pesto, refrigerated pasta, and roasted veggies. This is one of my go-to meals for busy weekdays. But pesto is so good, there’s really no reason to limit yourself to using it on pasta alone! It’s an easy way to dress up just about any food. Here are some of my favorite uses for pesto:

Cream Cheese 2.0

I like making my own flavored cream cheese rather than buying the store version. A favorite in our household is pesto cream cheese–stir Buitoni pesto into cream cheese (add some chopped sun-dried tomatoes too if you have them) and serve on bagels or crackers.

Easy Potato Side

It’s spring time, which means it’s baby potato season! As you can see here, I took some baby red potatoes, roasted them in the oven, and then tossed them with a few tablespoons of Buitoni pesto. Could anything possibly be easier? Or yummier?

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Pesto-licious Soup

In France and Italy, vegetable soup is often finished with a spoonful of pesto (or pistou, in France–the French version is slightly different than the Italian version, but it’s close enough!). Whether I’ve spent a few hours making minestrone from scratch or serving it up from a can, if I have pesto on hand, I like to stir a little bit in–it lends a nice, fresh flavor to soup.

Pesto Bread

Garlic bread is boring–pesto bread is where it’s at! Grab some crusty French bread at the bakery and spread it with a little pesto next time you’re having pasta for dinner.

Marvelous Marinade

Mix some Buitoni pesto with olive oil, salt, and pepper until it’s thinned out slightly. Put it in a large zip-top bag with chopped up veggies, toss (kids love this part!), and let marinate for a few hours. Roast the veggies on a baking sheet at 400 degrees for 40 minutes, stirring 2-3 times. SO GOOD! And so easy! I like to make sandwiches with these veggies (here, I used onions, portabella mushrooms, and yellow squash)–serve on some pesto bread and top with a little bit of mozzarella cheese and you have yourself a delicious, healthy meal.

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Pizza Redux

My favorite sauce to use on pizza is pesto. It’s so flavorful that you can go lighter on the cheese, or even omit it entirely. Sun-dried tomatoes, mushrooms, broccoli, and artichoke hearts are the perfect toppings for your pesto pizza creation.

Pesto Caprese Salad

It’s almost summer, so I’m sure a lot of you are going to be starting a garden soon. Almost every gardener I know ends up with a surplus of tomatoes–what to do with all those red beauties? We like slicing them (thick!) and topping them with basil leaves, pesto, and fresh mozzarella. This makes a fantastic sandwich too–it tastes like summer!

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279 Responses

  2. I have a sandwich I make with roast chicken, gouda, tomatoes and pesto on french bread that is my family’s favorite.

    Thanks!!

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  29. We’ve been on a trying different pestos kick lately with turkey sandwiches with portobello mushrooms. Great combo. Haven’t tried this brand yet.

    beyondthestarvingartist at gmail dot com

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  40. I think I would like to use it in my homemade chicken spaghetti sauce to give it a bigger punch.

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  57. I might make my famous Chicken Parmesan with it! I’ve been wanting to try this just haven’t
    ever tried a Pesto before at all so this would be good to win. barb g. directorylanesuperstore(at)gmail.com

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  59. I would make a sandwich with Garlic-Parmesan bread spread with pesto and loaded with roasted veggies.

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  98. I don’t know that I’ve ever tried Pesto Sauce. I think the first time I try it I would just have it over pasta. Thanks!
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  174. I would make this great lasagna recipe I saw recently – uses spinach, roasted red peppers, and pesto sauce. Doesn’t that sound yummy!

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  189. I would try your recipe where you marinate veggies and roast them and put cheese on them. yummmmmm

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  223. I use pesto on macaroni, as a sandwich spread, and sometimes I even just dip bread or crackers and eat it as a snack.

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  228. Veal Parmasan is my specialty, it might even become more special with some delicious Buitoni Pesto sauces!

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  230. One of these days I’m going to make a crab & shrimp lasagna with pesto. It just sounds like it would be good.

    Thanks for the giveaway >^..^<

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  242. I love just adding a couple tablespoons of fresh pesto to pasta. Nothing is easier and it’s soooooo good!

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  265. I love to use grilled chicken strips and frozen peas with the pesto sauce and toss with hot pasts and fresh grated Parmesan. It is quick, easy and yummy.

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  268. I’s make a pesto pizza with red peppers, ham and Monterey Jack and Parmesan cheese…YUM!!!
    Delish giveaway, thanks.

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