I get super happy when I bring home produce from the farmer’s market and can create a new delicious recipe. I was honestly surprised at how tasty and addictive this Charred Green Beans With Vegan Pesto dish was. I bought a combination of yellow wax beans and green beans and I wanted to grill them to impart a smoky flavor. Alas, when I went to turn on my grill I saw that we ran out of propane so I prepared the beans in a frying pan on high heat, and it was delicious even before I added the vegan pesto. The pesto was prepared simply with purple basil (you can substitute green), roasted salted sunflower seeds, garlic, olive oil and nutritional yeast. The nutritional yeast imparts a cheesy flavor and a lot of umami.

I spread the pesto on a plate, topped it with the beans and then added more pesto on top.  The plate was licked clean. And it was only two of us!