Pesto Pasta

Pesto Pasta

Dr. Helen Stoddart

Season 3 (DDCC000026)

Creative Cooking “Pasta Night!”

Ingredients

1 lb Your favorite Gluten-free pasta
Spinach Pesto
2 cups fresh basil
1 cup fresh organic spinach
½ small avocado
2 cloves garlic
¼ cup nutritional yeast flakes
2 tsp lemon juice (juice of ½-1 lemon)
¼ tsp salt
¼ cup pine nuts or cashews

Steps

Step 1
Place the spinach, avocado, basil, pine nuts, garlic, lemon juice, and salt in a food processor and pulse until pureed into a smooth consistency.
Step 2
Add nutritional yeast and continue to smooth the pesto.
Step 3
Can add more lemon juice or pasta water if needed.

Recipe tags: Avocados, basil, garlic, gluten free pasta, nutritional yeast flakes, spinach