Using Pesto... ideas please

[anonymousbird]

MIL has made what looks/smells like some rather amazing Pesto. It is a fair sized jar and needs to be used within a couple of weeks. So, other than as a pasta accompaniment and stirring into my soon-to-be-made courgette soup, what else can I use it for?

Any meats go with pesto????

Thanks.

[kat2504]

Get some nice vegetables roasting in a tin - courgette, pepper, red onion, aubergine,sliced new potatoes. Balance a couple of chicken breasts on the top. mix the pesto with a little bit of olive oil. Brush on top of the chicken breasts. Cook in oven. I think this is off BBC Good Food website. I made it recently and it was very easy, quite healthy due to 5 a day factor, and tasty.

I like to use pesto in salad dressings also.

[anonymousbird]

Wow-ee you lot, this is pesto-tastic.

Thanks so much! MIL called yesterday to say that she has completed Batch Two so I suspect I will need many of these ideas in the next few weeks!

[gastrognome]

Freeze in an ice cube tray and then transfer the portions to a plastic bag. Then you'll have fresh pesto whenever you need it!