Up your Pesto game with this delicious Avocado Pesto!
If you're a pesto lover but want some more variety in your life, we have the recipe for you!
Getting its emerald green colour from fresh basil and it's creaminess from ripe avocados - this pasta recipe is nutritious, wholesome, and packed with vitamin C,E,K and B-6. Pair it along with our high protein Pink Harvest Farms Chickpea & Soybean Spaghetti, for the perfect gluten free, vegan and maida free dinner recipe!
Chickpea & Soybean Spaghetti In Avocado Pesto
Vegan, Gluten Free, High Protein
(Serves 2-3)
Ingredients
- 100g Pink Harvest Farms Chickpea & Soybean Spaghetti Noodles (you can also try this recipe using our 100% Chickpea & Soybean Fettuccine)
- Any cut vegetables of your choosing
- For the Pesto Sauce
- 1 large bunch fresh basil
- 2 ripe avocados
- ½ cup walnuts
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 cloves garlic
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Ground pepper to taste
Method
- Cook Spaghetti-Noodles as per instructions on the box
- In a little olive oil, saute the veggies until fully cooked
- Strip basil leaves from the stems and add to a food processor along with avocados, walnuts (or hemp seeds), lemon juice, garlic and salt; pulse until finely chopped.
- Add oil and process to form a thick paste.
- Season with pepper.
- Add the cooked noodles and pesto sauce as desired to the sautéed veggies and toss!
Bon appetit!
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