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Pesto Sauce

Pesto is an amazingly versatile sauce to have on hand (make lots and freeze it in small containers, for use
at a moment's notice). Use it over grilled chicken or fish or as a seasoning agent in soups and salads.
Pesto has strong flavors, so used sparingly, a little can go a long way.
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Ingredient Carb
Grams
Fibre
Grams
Calorie
Count
2 cups fresh basil leaves
3.6
3.4
22.8
5 medium garlic cloves
5.0
0.5
22.5
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
1.1
0
121.6
1/3 cup pine nuts
6.4
2.0
256.6
2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil 
0
0
1280.0
Salt & pepper to taste
0
0
0
TOTAL
16.1
5.9
1703.5
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Makes about 3 cups. If pine nuts are replaced with walnits, the total carb count for the recipe decreases
to 15.2, and calories increase to 1708.6.

Combine all ingredients in a food processor and process on high speed till evenly chopped and mixed.
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Whole recipe =  16.1 grams of carbohydrate and 1703.5 calories
Per tablespoon = 0.3 grams of carbohydrate and  35.5 calories
Per tablespoon (subtracting fibre grams) = 0.2 grams of carbohydrate