Pauper's Pesto

Tonight I had a craving for 'Italian'. Not so much craving, as I have a spaghetti squash that desperately needed to be used, and I typically prefer it with red sauce. Out of store bought stuff (which I do buy occasionally, for evenings when I don't want to cook from scratch) I had decided to do my "quick red sauce". Then, in a moment of inspiration, I decided to come up with a "poor man's pesto"

The recipe follows:

Pauper's Pesto

I took a basic basil pesto recipe that I got from a friend a while back, and adopted it to the ingredients I had on hand. My version is the one I've included

2 cups packed spinach leaves
1 cup packed parsley (with the stems sort of lazily trimmed)
3/4 cup grated Bella Vitano Balsamic Cheese
1/8 cup pulverized walnuts
1/8 cup pulverized almonds
1/2 cup olive oil

Puree everything together in a blender or food processor fitted with the steel blade until it becomes a uniform paste

Store in a tightly lidded jar, with a slight layer of olive oil on top to prevent oxidation.

I served mine over 1/4 of a medium roasted spaghetti squash

1/2 lb ground turkey browned
1/2 red onion cubed
1 small red tomato cubed
2 tbs white wine
the following spices to taste:
basil
oregano
salt
pepper
rosemary

Brown the turkey and onion
add the white wine to cook off
add spices
add tomatoes at the very end

Enjoy!