How to Make Kale Pesto | Hilah Cooking

pine nuts

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Walnuts are less expensive and add a similar texture.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: pecorino cheese

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and adds a cheesy flavor.

Wash kale and remove stems, tearing it into smaller pieces.

Toast pecans in a dry skillet for a couple of minutes until nutty.

Add the packed cup of kale to a mini chopper or food processor.

Roughly chop the kale until small.

Add the garlic cloves and half a cup of packed parsley to the chopper.

Add parmesan cheese and about a teaspoon of lemon juice.

Start adding olive oil, beginning with 1/3 cup and then adding another 1/4 cup until desired consistency is reached.

Add a little salt to taste, considering the saltiness of the parmesan.

Set the pesto aside and cook pasta in boiling water.

Before draining the pasta, reserve half a cup of the pasta cooking liquid.

Combine the cooked pasta with the pesto, adding reserved pasta water as needed to help the sauce cling to the pasta.

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