Many thanks! The yeast idea is great - I never would have thought of that. Amazingly, I have lots of pine nuts (how?) so I will toast them and add extra. Yes, a lactose-intolerant newborn means no cheese for me, very tough to get used to! But oh, wow, is this baby worth it.
I make it in large batches to freeze, and have always done so without the cheese. I add it to the pasta at serving time. Leave it out, and you'll be just fine. Congratulations on your new baby!
If you use nutritional yeast for its cheesy taste, get the kind that is yellow, such as Red Star. There's another type, nutritionally comparable, that is 'nutty' and (to my taste) harsher.
And if you want to make popcorn with yeast, get 'cheesy' yeast.
I love adding nutritional yeast to pesto. It has such a cheesy flavor--sometimes I think its an even better ingredient! I like using walnuts also, a cheaper and oily nut.
You can simply eliminate the cheese as noted above. Perhaps you'd want to add a few extra nuts of whatever kind you are using (or even throw in a second variety) for added texture. If you really wanted, you might experiment with nutritional yeast, which has a slightly nutty to nutty aged cheese taste.
I looked it up for you and apparently if you brown half of your pine nuts in a dry pan it adds a flavour that you don't usually find with the inclusion of cheese =)
Found the above advice here - http://dairyfreecooking.about.com/od/condimentschutneys/r/pesto.htm
and an alternitive recipe here- http://dairyfreecooking.about.com/od/condimentschutneys/r/pesto.htm
Cant vouch for either although the second does sound interesting
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And if you want to make popcorn with yeast, get 'cheesy' yeast.
Found the above advice here - http://dairyfreecooking.about.com/od/condimentschutneys/r/pesto.htm
and an alternitive recipe here- http://dairyfreecooking.about.com/od/condimentschutneys/r/pesto.htm
Cant vouch for either although the second does sound interesting
Good luck !