Christina Our GF & Vegan Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto is so incredibly flavourful that you’ll become addicted to it right away! So quick and easy, made with only 7 ingredients, and so versatile, this is THE VERY BEST Vegan Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto you’ll ever have! Yes, it’s THAT good!
This Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto is also so much healthier than most other recipes, as it has less than half of the oil (extra-virgin olive oil), and nutrient-rich nutritional yeast instead of parmesan! So much healthier, much lower in calories, and yet extremely delicious and full of flavour! That’s what we call PERFECTION!!!
One tiny 40 g serving provides you with 96 kcal, 7% of the protein, 11% of the dietary fibre, 173% of the vitamin B1, 151% of the vitamin B2, 75% of the vitamin B3, 129% of the vitamin B6, and 35% of the vitamin B12 (if using B-12 fortified nutritional yeast) recommended daily (based on a 2000 kcal per day diet). See more detailed nutrition facts below!
We love serving it with our homemade Pumpkin Gnocchi or our homemade Vegan & GF Gnocchi & our Nut-Free Vegan Parmesan Cheese. It’s also amazing with pasta, as a spread on sandwiches, as a dip, or even stirred into soup and Vegan Mac&Cheese!
We add it to gnocchi, pasta, pizza, mini pizzas, vegan burgers, baked potatoes, etc.
If you like PESTO, you need to check out the rest of our Vegan Pesto Recipes:
- Vegan Nut-Free Kale Pesto (Healthy & Low-Calorie)
- Avocado Pesto Made Entirely of Whole Foods
- Pumpkin Gnocchi with Walnut Pesto
- Vegan Pesto Sauce
If you liked this recipe for The Best GF & Vegan Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto, check out our The Best Ever Texas Style Vegan Chili, our Vegan Red Cabbage Soup w/ Chunky Bratwurst Style Tofu Bites, our Swedish Style Vegan Christmas Ham, our So Delicious & Healthy Lentil Loaf made Entirely of Whole Foods, our Homemade Celebration Seitan Roast, our Mushroom Vegan Soup (Quick & Easy), our One Pot Tomato Vegan Soup with Basil Dressing, our Fluffy Homemade Vegan Bagels, our Sage&Rum Marinated Seitan Tenderloin, our Vegan Seitan Steaks (Wheat Meat), our Gluten-Free Vegan Mortadella, our Succulent Seitan Tenderloin, our Creamy Vegan Potato Gratin, and our The Best Gluten-Free and Vegan Fish & Chips. You’ll love them all!
If you’re into more Italian inspired dishes like we are, you need to check out some recipes from our cookbook that you’re going to LOVE. Here is a list of them:
- Our amazing recipe of Ravioli al Formaggio. Cheese-filled ravioli used to be one of our favourite dishes while growing up. Thatโs why when we went vegan, we became obsessed with veganizing this dish. Believe us, youโre going to love our creation. Homemade made from scratch vegan ravioli, filled with the most delicious and creamiest vegan cultured cream cheese, made with cashews and probiotics. Served with a super creamy, delicious, and oil-free homemade sun-dried tomato sauce.
- Our insanely delicious Pesto Lumaconi. Cheesy Pesto Stuffed Lumaconi is the perfect recipe to make for a special celebration or romantic dinner. Fancy, creamy, super delicious, and full of flavour, and yet so easy to make! Served with our Champagne Lemon Sorbet for the best evening ever!
- The Best Vegan Pepperoni Pizza, where we show you how to make the best pizza from scratch and the most delicious vegan pepperoni you’re ever going to try, also from scratch! The key to achieve the best pizza dough is the overnight fermentation. You end up with a golden, beautiful crust with the perfect amount of crunch and subtle yeasty undertones. Totally worth it! And as far as oven temperatures go – we have great results at 482ยบF/250ยบC and using a pizza stone (it makes a huge difference!).
- So juicy Hot Italian Sausages. If you used to love Italian style sausages, then you will love these insanely meaty and juicy vegan sausages. They are so delicious and have that spicy touch. But if you donโt like them spicy, donโt worry, simply skip the red pepper flakes! We promise you these will be the very best vegan Italian sausages you will ever have!
- Thyme & Rosemary Vegan Chicken Cutlets. This is the best Vegan Chicken that you will ever try! Completely made from scratch, the texture and flavours are just perfect, and the recipe is so easy. Fresh rosemary and thyme mixed with garlic and a little of extra-virgin olive oil take this succulent seitan chicken cutlets recipe to a whole new level.
- Vegan Caesar Salad & Vegan Caesar Salad Dressing
- Vegan Buffalo Mozzarella
- Vegan Mortadella
- Avocado Pesto & Walnut Pesto
- 4 different Vegan Cheese Sauces
- 9 different kinds of Vegan Cheeses, 4 of them Cultured with probiotics, 5-minute super melty vegan Mozzarella & Cheddar block-style cheeses, etc.
- The Best Tiramisu Cake you’re ever going to try. Itโs just like the traditional Italian dessert, only in layer cake form and vegan. Rather than using ladyfingers, we are baking three layers of a light, fluffy sponge cake. The sponge is cooled and then soaked in a rich coffee syrup. The frosting is light and fluffy, yet rich at the same time. Itโs made with homemade vegan mascarpone, folded together with vegan whipped cream, and a bit of cacao powder. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
- Insanely yummy Vegan Raffaello, which we call RAFFAELLA. If you used to love Raffaelo, you will absolutely adore our vegan version. With only 6 ingredients, so rich and creamy, perfectly sweet, naturally gluten-free and grain-free, they are so addictive!
- The most delicious Vegan Basil Infused Ice Cream with Strawberry Sauce (find this recipe also on the blog! Click here). Herbs love ice cream. And homemade ice cream flavoured with fresh herbs is a revelation. When sprigs of basil meet simmering (vegan) cream the result is fragrant, fresh, and irresistible. This is complimented perfectly by the vibrant strawberry sauce. We could say itโs a match made in heaven! Additionally, the ice cream is so so creamy, you wonโt believe that it doesnโt contain any dairy. Absolutely no ice crystals!
- And many more!
Here you can see the photos of these delicious dishes from our cookbook:
ALL these recipes can be found in our very first cookbook ALL PLANTS: The Food You Love, The Vegan Way, which includes over 150 satisfying recipes to feed all the members of your household (including your dogs!). It’s available internationally as a hardcover on Book Depository (with free delivery worldwide), Walmart, and in many other bookstores! Yay! Click here to learn more. You can also purchase it as a downloadable e-book (pdf) in our Store (currently ON SALE!), and our Etsy Shop (also on sale there!).
The Best GF & Vegan Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto
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Ingredients
- 340 g jar sun-dried tomatoes in oil
- 40 g fresh basil
- 1/2 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup sunflower seeds, or walnuts
- 1/2 tsp sea salt, or more to taste
- Black pepper, freshly ground, to taste
- Optional garlic, we don't add but feel free to do if you'd like it!
Instructions
- In a food processor, combine the sun-dried tomatoes, fresh basil, nutritional yeast, extra virgin olive oil, water, sunflower seeds, sea salt, freshly ground black pepper, and optional garlic, and process until smooth.
- Now it's ready to be served with your favourite dishes.
- We love serving it with our homemade Pumpkin Gnocchi & our Nut-Free Vegan Parmesan Cheese. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Store in the refrigerator, in a sealed container, for up to 5 days.ย
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What a delicious and savory sauce! Can think of so many recipes I can use this with! Delicious!
Whoa was this good. This stuff is highly addictive; I love that I can bake some warm bread and smear this all over it! Yummy!