Easy Pea Pesto with Spirali Pasta
This Easy Pea Pesto with Spirali Pasta makes a lovely fresh weekday lunch or dinner when you don't want to spend too much time in the kitchen.
Servings 2
Ingredients
- 2 cups Spirali Pasta, see notes below
For the Pea Pesto
- 150 g peas, cooked
- 30 g Ground Almonds
- 30 g Parmesan cheese, grated
- 5-6 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
- juice of half a lemon
- sea salt and black pepper
- 100 g peas, cooked
Instructions
- Start by putting a large pot of salted water to boil for the pasta. Once at a rolling boil, add your pasta shapes and leave to cook for around 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Put all the ingredients for your pesto sauce into a blender and blend for around 1-2 minutes.
- Scrape down the sides of the blender then blend again for another 1-2 minutes. Your sauce should be of a medium consistency.
- Add some of the cooking water from the pasta to thin down the pea pesto if necessary rather than adding more olive oil as this will result in an overly oily sauce. This will also make the pesto sauce beautifully silky smooth.
- Add your peas (and any other chopped vegetables, see notes below) to the pasta pan in the minute of cooking time.
- Drain the pasta shapes and peas and place in a large bowl.
- Add the prepared pea pesto and combine well to ensure that all the pasta pieces get coated fully in the delicious sauce.
Recipe Notes
*Other shapes of pasta may weigh more or less.
* Add extra chopped vegetables at the end of your choice, e.g. broccoli florets, asparagus.
*This recipe makes 2 adult and 1 child portion or 2 very generous adult portions!
*Make sure to scroll up and read the post for substitutions, additions and helpful tips for making this recipe.
Nutrition Facts
Easy Pea Pesto with Spirali Pasta
Serving Size
1 g
Amount per Serving
Calories
636
% Daily Value*
Fat
36
g
55
%
Saturated Fat
6
g
38
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
29
g
Cholesterol
9
mg
3
%
Sodium
387
mg
17
%
Carbohydrates
63
g
21
%
Fiber
11
g
46
%
Sugar
19
g
21
%
Protein
17
g
34
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
*Nutritional data is provided as a courtesy and is accurate to the best of my knowledge. You can verify it using the nutrition calculator of your choice. All data is based on net carbs, without sugar alcohol: Swerve, Erythritol, Monk Fruit or Allulose.
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