A full quart of pesto!?

Don't panic

Instead of trying to use up all that pesto, run the closed container under some very warm running water and see if you can get the whole frozen cylinder out in one piece ... then slice a portion off and put the rest back in the container and pop it back in the freezer. You can use just the amounts you want without having to thaw the entire thing and use it in record time

I would do what tom says. Pesto is one of the few things I would not be concerned about thawing and re-freezing. Take what you need and repackage the pesto in smaller freezer bags.

This is what I do with pesto

Top grilled chicken

Use it as a base for salad dressing

Stir a little into a marinara sauce

Top pizza or foccaccia

Work it in to homemade bread or pizza dough

Serve a fresh mozzarella and tomato salad with pesto

And, of course toss with pasta

Well, the first obvious choice would be to eat it with pasta. Just cook any type of pasta and drain it, then add the pesto and a little water from the pot. Mix and serve! You can add pecorino or parmesan cheese to whoever likes it.

You can add pesto to pretty much anything you can think of. Chicken, steak, shrimp..... Just brush some of the pesto on top of any of those and grill them. Its delicious!

If you're feeling creative, you can even make pesto ravioli. You can make the dough yourself or even better you can just buy a pack of wonton casings at the supermarket and stuff them. Then boil them and serve with whatever you like...

Enjoy!

use it a marinade for chicken, turkey.. dump some pesto in a bag, add the chicken breasts and let them soak, dredge in bread crumbs/panko mixed w/more Parmesan for an interesting twist.. or you can marinade chicken/turkey and freeze it while it marinades and it will be fine..

use it as a dipping sauce for veggies

make homemade pasta and add it too the pasta itself an then as a sauce

marinade veggies like squash, zucchini onion and mushrooms throw them on the grill..

make a delicious carrot/squash soup and use it as a garnish..

Hope this helps!

Use it to marinate chicken or pork. Leave it on overnight then bake in a high oven. It's really delicious.

You can refreeze what you do not use. That note about using it in 7 days was if you thawed and did not refreeze.