YMCA Recipe: Oven Roasted Cornish Game Hens with Pumpkin Seed Pesto

Name: YMCA Recipe: Oven Roasted Cornish Game Hens with Pumpkin Seed Pesto
Ingredients: 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 1/2 cup shelled pumpkin seeds (I prefer raw unsalted if you can find them) Kosher salt; 2 teaspoons smoked paprika; ½ cup water; 1 cup roughly chopped fresh parsley; 2 green onions roughly chopped; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice plus zest; 1 small garlic clove minced; 4 Cornish game hens, gizzards discarded

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Ingredients

5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 cup shelled pumpkin seeds (I prefer raw unsalted if you can find them) Kosher salt
2 teaspoons smoked paprika
½ cup water
1 cup roughly chopped fresh parsley
2 green onions roughly chopped
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice plus zest
1 small garlic clove minced
4 Cornish game hens, gizzards discarded