Pesto can make any meal feel fresh and full of flavor. These 11 easy ideas show how simple it is to mix things up in the kitchen. Just a little twist can turn plain food into something really special.

Learn how to make a delicious Pesto Caprese Panini with fresh mozzarella, juicy tomatoes, and homemade pesto. Perfect for a ...

Start from scratch for your pesto dinner. You're six ingredients away from homemade basil pesto that rivals anything from a jar. You can't beat the freshness, and it doesn't get more traditional than ...

Pesto pasta features tender noodles in a satiny basil pesto sauce. Topped with bright, blistered tomatoes, each bite delivers the perfect balance of savory and sweet. And it couldn’t be easier to ...

Other than a perfectly ripe peach, pesto is the food I turn to most throughout spring and summer. It’s fast, easy, cheap and versatile, so it’s no mystery why this Italian sauce has ingrained itself ...

Here is a menu for high summer, that glorious moment when all the season’s bounty is on display. The idea is to let natural flavor shine, to conjure up the south of France, somewhere along the Italian ...

Summer soups are usually served cold to offset the hot weather. But there is always an outlier. This vegetable soup is that one. The hardest part of making this soup is the chopping the vegetables.

If your garden gives you more basil than you can handle, turn it into pesto. Denise Neil The Wichita Eagle We may earn a commission if you make a purchase through one of our links. Have you started ...

Other than a perfectly ripe peach, pesto is the food I turn to most throughout spring and summer. It’s fast, easy, cheap and versatile, so it’s no mystery why this Italian sauce has ingrained itself ...