Wash your garlic scapes and give them a couple of good shakes to remove any excess water or give them a spin around the salad spinner.

Cut off any tough ends and the flower bud if you prefer.  Chop the garlic scapes into smaller pieces and add to your food processor.

Process your garlic scapes until they are finely chopped, then remove from the food processor and set aside.

 At this point, you could freeze the garlic scapes in freezer bags for use over the winter or to make pesto later.  I love doing this when I have more garlic scapes than I know what to do with !

 Add 1 cup processed garlic scapes, 1/2 cup walnuts, pine nuts or pistachios,  1/4 cup nutritional yeast and 1/2 tsp sea salt to the food processor.   Process until finely chopped, scraping down the sides of the food processor as needed.

With the food processor running, slowly add 1/2 cup of olive oil.  Process until smooth.

Voila!   Your delicious Garlic Scape Pesto is ready to eat, store or freeze!  

Store in the refrigerator until ready to eat or freeze in ice cube trays or glass jars for use over the winter  (I use 4 oz or half pint jars.)