I had never tried watercress before nor had I made my own pesto. I really like this pesto a lot. I added lemon to mine after putting it on pasta. This recipe is great! Leftovers for lunch tomorrow:)
I have always wanted a different way to make watercress besides potato soup or throwing it in salad. I tried this with pasta and chicken. Very good. Thanks Mandy!
Delicious! I always made pesto with basil before but this time I didn't have any basil - just parsley and watercress. This watercress was delicious!! I added a couple tablespoons of EVOO to help it blend better though that may not even be necessary with a real food processor (I was using a magic bullet). I omitted the walnuts because I didn't have any and it was still perfect. And substituted parmesan cheese from the can instead of fresh because we were out of fresh.
So yummy! Made this for a dinner party and everyone loved it. Served it with penne pasta very delicious
Easy to make full of flavor & healthy!!
This is a great alternative to the regular basil pesto. It is light and refreshingj - and I chose to squeeze a lime into the pesto because I wanted to serve it over shrimp scampi and linguini with a dusting of parmesan. I gave it 3 stars because it is not as great as basil pesto and watercress can be hard to find.
This is supper yumy on a salad it gives it nice flavour its great in pasta too added with some tomatoes. GREAT
I'm not sure if I did something wrong but I ended up having to use olive oil to get it to work in the blender and then added water to thin it out to coat the pasta. I tried it with and without the lemon juice and I would definitely recommend adding lemon juice. Felt like the paremesan cheese taste was overwhelming and made the sauce a bit grainy. I definitely like the idea of the watercress in the pesto just think in the future I might try adding more watercress and cutting back on the parmesan cheese.
Being in Hawaii watercress is a very popular item. This is a new way of using watercress easy delicious I love it!!