Jacklyn

What are creative ways I can use my leftover basil?

Basil is one of those herbs that I always end up having too much of. I love it and don't want to waste it, but also don't have much time to prepare elaborate meals with it. What are some creative ways to use up basi?

Influenced By Travel

Chop the basil and put in ice cube trays with olive oil. The "cubes" can be stored in the freezer for months and be used in sauces and soups!

Julia Taylor

make a batch of pesto! easy sauce to add to a lot of things, and you can freeze it or store it in your fridge

JamzKitchen

Caprese! Mozzarella, tomato, basaltic vinegar, and basil. Yum

Stephanie Hayden

Dry it and grind it up! Then you can use it anytime you want or store it.

FunRunMomRepeat

Recently, I started putting a fresh basil leaf in water with lemon. It's incredibly refreshing.

Jacklyn

such great ideas!! for tonight I ended up doing the laziest thing possible. adding it on top of my dinner which happened to be smoked salmon on crackers. It was a risk, but also a great success. I'll be doing this from now on with my smoked salmon.

bnalex23

I also use mine to make low FODMAP pesto and freeze it for pasta, pizza, etc :)

STNK97

Candied basil for plating.

Jill

Stink97 - Sounds like a great idea for an appetizer tray decoration!

Jacklyn

added basil to my tri tip taco!

Eva Carlstrom

I put fresh basil in scrambled eggs, on pizza, in pasta sauce, in soups, in salads, and in sandwiches.

STNK97

I made Japanese pancakes with custard and used it on that.