10 Easy Meal Ideas Using Costco Pesto | CostContessa (2024)

January 27, 2023April 23, 2024

Kirkland Signature Basil Pesto sauce at Costco is a fan favorite, and that beautiful fresh green just calls to you when you walk by doesn’t it? Well, it calls to me at least!! I actually didn’t try it for a long time because I wondered what exactly I can actually make with THAT MUCH Costco Pesto Sauce? If you’re new to pesto, it is an easy shortcut to make tons of appetizers and meals! Basil is a versatile herb, it has tons of flavor but at the same time it’s not spicy, so even picky palettes often devour it (like my picky kiddo!)! I’ve got a list of great ways to use it all up for you…

While it’s pretty straightforward to make pesto fresh at home, to actually make it one needs fresh basil, garlic, parm and pine nuts (which many of us don’t keep on these on hand) and it requires a food processor (is it just me? I despise cleaning the million parts of the food processor!) and by the time it’s finished I still have to make the actual thing it’s going to go with….too much work for a weeknight for sure!

What Can I make Using Costco Pesto Sauce?

Now, for the fun part…how can we prepare Costco Pesto sauce? It’s so good you might want to try all these great easy Kirkland Pesto sauce ideas!

10 Things You Can Make Easily Using Kirkland Signature Basil Pesto Sauce

Kirkland Signature Pesto sauce at Costco is delish right out of the jar, it doesn’t overpower foods and we have tons of easy and quick ways you can prepare a wide variety of foods using it.

• Dip crusty Italian bread or garlic bread in it
• Use pesto instead of mayo, goes great with turkey and provolone panini
• Add pesto to your avocado toast
• Top your scrambled eggs with pesto
• Top ricotta with pesto and eat on toast or pasta
• Toss with angel hair or ravioli and top withparmesan chickenorgarlic shrimp
• Use in cold pasta salad with fresh cucumber and tomato
• Add pesto on top of pizza or use it instead of pizza sauce (especially delicious with fresh mozzarella!)
• Toss with your favorite roasted veggies and tortellini for an easy one bowl meal
• Serve on the side of salmon (or on top of it)

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Quick Weeknight Dinner Idea: Pesto Pasta

• Toss Kirkland pesto sauce with pasta, ravioli or cheese tortellini and add a combination of a few of the following for a quick, easy and foodie friendly pasta meal:
  • goat cheese
  • pine nuts
  • roasted red peppers
  • diced tomato
  • ricotta cheese
  • diced chicken
  • blackened salmon
  • fresh mozzarella
  • shrimp
  • roasted broccoli
  • blanched spinach
  • blanched kale
  • feta cheese
  • fresh basil
  • fresh parsley

Is Costco Pesto Any Good?

Kirkland Signature brand Basil Pesto is no exception the pesto is delicious rule, and given it’s obvious out-of-the-jar easy factor, it’s a recommended buy in our book!

It’s flavorful, without being overpowering. It taste fresh, and has a nice consistency. We like it and recommend!

Please tell us what you think in the comments!

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