Lemon balm pesto

This garlic scape lemon balm pesto is a slight twist from your regular pesto. This recipe combines garlic scapes with lemon balm for tasty variation.

When life gives you lemon balm, make Lemon Balm Pesto! This mint family herb is an outstanding start to a fresh pesto sauce that's easy to prepare.

Straight from the garden, lemon balm makes a fresh and bright pesto that can be used on pasta, pizza, or as a refreshing dip!

Back in the day, when I ran an in-person herbal school, my students would pick one herb and give a presentation on its medicinal qualities along with a sample: a spot of tea, a taste of tincture, or sometimes a nibble of the plant. When a student told me she’d be preparing lemon balm pesto, I gave an encouraging smile, belying my apprehension. I am a decidedly adventurous eater, but this pesto felt wrong. Never have I been so happy to eat crow.

Adding this delicious pesto is of course so much about flavor, but what you are also doing is getting your greens, easy to digest nutrients and increasing your ability to digest whatever you put it on.

Flavorful lemon balm pesto – the best thing you can do when you have a huge bush of lemon balm growing in your garden.

Straight from the garden, lemon balm makes a fresh and bright pesto that can be used on pasta, pizza or as a refreshing dip!

Here's a pesto recipe featuring lemon balm and cashews. It's a great way to preserve the lovely flavors of lemon balm for the cooler months.

The list of reasons to love lemon balm is practically endless. After seeing some of lemon balm's benefits, you'll want to start growing some in your garden!