We top it with crispy shards of roasted kale and a little sprinkle of homemade vegan Hope you give this creamy avocado pesto pasta a try.
Its pretty bright green colour has me really dreaming of spring and warmer days.
Easy vegan pesto with tons of fresh herbs, nutrient-rich kale, seeds, and nutritional yeast!
Ingredients of Vegan kale and avocado pesto pasta
- It's 2 cups of penne pasta.
- You need 2 cups of packed, roughly chopped kale leaves (washed and drained).
- Prepare 1 of large ripe avocado.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of walnuts.
- Prepare 1 of small lemon/lime or half a large lemon/lime juice.
- You need 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped.
- It's 1 of large green chili/jalapeno pepper (or crushed red chilies); optional.
- It's 3 tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive oil (or more according to personal preference).
- It's to taste of Salt.
- You need of Freshly ground black pepper (optional; I have used only green chilies).
Vegan kale and avocado pesto pasta step by step
- Cook pasta according to package instructions; al dente. Keep aside a cup of pasta water and drain, rinse with cold water and keep aside. Make sure to salt the water well..
- TO MAKE THE PESTO: In a food processor fitted with a metal blade, combine the chopped kale, avocado chunks, chopped garlic, walnuts, salt, lemon juice and green chili..
- Drizzle olive oil through the open chute on top and blitz until fully combined, scraping the sides of the processor in between. Do a taste test and add lemon juice, salt or oil if needed. Make a slightly coarse paste..
- Remove to a bowl and keep aside..
- Just before serving, stir in as much of the kale avocado pesto into the pasta and enjoy warm or at room temperature showered with more walnuts! If needed, stir in some of the pasta water to thin the pesto sauce. Enjoy foodies!.
- Notes Leftover pesto sauce can be stored in an airtight glass jar for up to 3 to 4 days. To store for a longer time, drizzle some oil over the pesto sauce to prevent the top from browning. Pestos are not only for pastas; you can use them up in sandwiches, as dips, on pizzas (instead of tomato sauce), in salads etc. Use any kind of pasta you love; it could be spaghetti, macaroni, spiral, rigatone, shell etc. Instead of walnuts, you can use cashews, sunflower seeds, almonds etc..
- For best results and taste, use EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) but if you cannot find it, regular refined oil will do. If you love cheese, stir in 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese while making the pesto and serve with a sprinkle of more Parmesan!.
How did I do it, you ask? This vegan pesto pasta with homemade kale pesto and spring vegetables makes for a quick and delicious mid-week meal that can I stirred it through some wholemeal pasta and added lots of green veggies to it to turn it into a spring-inspired dish. If you want this dish to be extra quick, don't bother. Making a vegan kale pesto is about as easy as it gets, and similar to my spinach pesto pasta. A lot of kale pesto recipes call for blending the kale with a bunch of olive oil and saucing it directly onto the pasta.
Get Latest Recipe : HOME