Broccoli Pesto Bites

About

They may look like green meatballs, but these Keto broccoli pesto bites will knock your socks off! Each piece tastes like biting into a ball of pesto. Who doesn’t love creamy, cheesy, nutty pesto sauce? Even better, you’re getting your vitamins and nutrients too. Fresh broccoli makes up the bulk of the Keto bites, so you’re getting your veggies in too. The original recipe here makes 18 broccoli pesto bites. Enjoy as many low carb bites as you’d like at your discretion. The best Keto serving size is 3 broccoli pesto bites. You can read further below to learn how many uses you can get out of this simple recipe.

Multiple Uses From One Recipe

This single Keto recipe can be used in multiple ways. On their own, these broccoli pesto bites are a delicious snack. Enjoy 2-4 bites like you would a Keto fat bomb or a hand-held treat on the go. You can also serve them warm as an appetizer with toothpicks! Just pair the bites with your favorite Keto dipping sauce recipe, like alfredo or cheddar cheese sauce. Turn these bites into green “meatballs” and make a meatball sub with your go-to Keto bread recipe. You can even add a few broccoli pesto bites to your prepped Keto meals. Enjoy the bites alongside a cooked protein, on top of a salad, or with a low-carb rice or pasta dish.

Perfect For Picky Kids

Do you have a picky kid at home who doesn’t like eating their greens? This Keto recipe is a perfect way to sneak some vegetables into your children’s meals. The broccoli taste and look is completely concealed by the pesto ingredients. If your kids love the taste of basil and parmesan cheese, they’ll eat these broccoli pesto bites right up! Plop a few bites on top of a plate of spaghetti and douse them in marinara sauce. They’ll never know the difference and you won’t have to make any under-the-table deals to convince your kids to eat their vegetables.

Ingredients

1 pound broccoli, raw
2 teaspoon olive oil
¼ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon, chopped garlic
½ cup, chopped walnuts
¼ cup, grated parmesan cheese
¼ ounce basil
⅓ cup, grated parmesan cheese

Instructions

Cut away any hard stems and core from whole heads of broccoli. Cut the broccoli into small florets and add them to a food processor. Pulse the food processor with the olive oil until the broccoli is completely pulverized. Scrape down the sides of your food processor and add in salt, garlic, chopped walnuts, the first amount of parmesan, and whole basil leaves. Pulse the food processor until you have a thick green paste.
Turn on the oven to preheat to 375 degrees and line a sheet tray with parchment paper. Arrange the final amount of parmesan on a clean plate. Scoop the broccoli pesto mixture into about 2-tablespoon portions (you can use a #40 scoop if you have one). Roll the portions into balls and roll them in the parmesan until each portion has a light coating of grated parmesan all over. Dust off any excess grated parmesan before arranging the rolled pesto broccoli bites on the tray.
Bake the tray of rolled broccoli pesto bites in the oven for 15 minutes, or until the bites gain golden bottoms. Flip the bites over and bake for an additional 10 minutes. The bites should have golden tops and bottoms, and the parmesan coating should be baked on. Let the pesto broccoli bites cool for a couple of minutes before enjoying.