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Spring Spaghetti with Spinach Pea Pesto
This spring spaghetti with spinach pea pesto screams spring with its vibrant green color and the spinach pea pesto is a wonderful alternative to your regular pesto! Plus, it’s gluten free too!
Ingredients:
1 8oz packet of any gluten free pasta – I used Ancient harvest Quinoa Pasta
water, to cook the pasta
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup grated parmesan
For the Spinach Pea Pesto
2 cups chopped spinach
1 1/2 cup frozen green peas, thawed
2 tbsp pine nuts
1/4 cup walnuts
1/4 cup olive oil
3 cloves garlic
salt and pepper, to taste
Directions:
- Cook the spinach and the green peas in boiling water for 3-4 mins, drain and keep aside. Keep aside about 1/2 cup of the cooked spinach – green peas. Puree the rest of the spinach-green peas with all the other ingredients for the pesto, except the olive oil. Once they have come together a little, add the olive oil with the food processor running.
- Meanwhile, cook the pasta in salted water, drain and keep aside.
- Add the pesto to the hot drained pasta, mix well and serve with parmesan sprinkled on top.
