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Avocado and spinach pasta
This green pasta is easy to make and wonderfully creamy thanks to the avocado, which also contains healthy fats. It is actually a healthy take on pasta with pesto!
- Preparation Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
Servings:
4
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300 gramwholemeal pasta
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450 gramspinach fresh, sliced
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3avocado ripe
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1lime
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2 tbspbasil fresh, sliced
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3garlic cloves
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0,5jalapeño
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1 tspsalt
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1 tbsp(plant-based) Parmesan cheese or nutritional yeast flakes optional
Instructions
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Cook the pasta until tender-crisp in 8-10 minutes. Drain and reserve 1 cup of the cooking water.
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Peel the skin off the avocados and put them in the food processor.
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Grate the lime and put the zest together with basil, juice of the lime, garlic, jalapeño, half of the spinach and salt and olive oil in the food processor.
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Puree into a smooth sauce, and add the remaining spinach bit by bit and the reserved cooking water until the sauce has the thickness you desire.
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Tip: nice with walnuts or sun-dried tomatoes through it.
Notes
Tip: to make this meal complete, add another healthy protein source, think pulses, (smoked) tofu, soy pieces or a healthy meat substitute.
