Vegan Basil Pesto

We needed a Vegan Basil Pesto for the Pizza on Joel's birthday. The store nearby was out of Basil Pesto, so Joel decided to make his very own, from scratch. We happened to have a recipe in our miscellaneous drawer in the kitchen. It's a recipe from Whole Foods Market, printed as part of the Health Starts Here program.

The following pictures demonstrate the process of the recipe as Joel made it the other day. One of the photos is the recipe itself. Joel followed it to the tie. Only thing he did that was not mentioned in the recipe is that he had soaked the walnuts for about 3-4 hours in Celtic Sea Salt brine to remove phytates from the nut and to hydrate the nut - a process that brings the nut to life. After all, animals receive more nourishment from living food, since life gives life.