Garlic Scape Pesto

I have a long list of my favorite garden fresh foods and the foods that I like to preserve as the harvests roll in. Some of our harvests come all at once, including the delicious garlic scape. Once I’ve collected them all I will preserve them in two ways. First, chopped and frozen and second as a pesto, also frozen.

Feel free to change up the ingredients and swap things out. Hemp seeds, sunflower seeds or walnuts work great.

Garlic Scape Pesto

1 cup chopped scapes

1/2-3/4 cup olive oil (more or less as needed)

1/4 -1/2 cup soaked nuts or seeds

splash of lemon juice

salt and pepper

To make this I just put everything in the blender and often start with less oil and add as needed. This pesto does not require garlic because it is garlic! You could add other leafy herbs, parm cheese, whatever you like.