Whether you’re cooking pasta, seafood, chicken, or looking to make vegetables sing, a spoonful of pesto adds so much flavor! Here are my favorite recipes with pesto, plus 4 pesto recipes that go beyond basil! Shrimp Pesto Pasta Photo Credit: Mark Beahm When I hear the word pesto, my mind immediately thinks of Pesto alla Genovese, commonly known as basil pesto, but there are many variations on this classic sauce, and endless ways to use pesto of all kinds.