Red Meat Allergy Friendly Mint & Herb Pesto

This triple-herb pesto is bright, bold, and packed with flavor from fresh mint, basil, and parsley — a combination that feels both familiar and unexpectedly exciting. The mint brings a cool lift that plays beautifully against the grassy basil and the clean bite of lemon zest, making every spoonful taste genuinely alive. Since managing a red meat allergy often means scrutinizing sauces and condiments for hidden meat-based stocks or additives, it's a relief to work with a recipe that is entirely plant-based by nature — just herbs, garlic, lemon, and good olive oil. There's nothing to swap out or second-guess here. The food processor does most of the work, bringing everything together in under a minute into a coarse, spoonable paste that clings beautifully to pasta, grilled vegetables, or crusty bread. A slow drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil through the feed tube is the small technique that makes the texture silky without turning it into a smoothie. Make a jar on the weekend and you'll find yourself reaching for it all week long.

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