Easy Parsley Pesto Recipe | Healthy Cooking with Planet Plantastic

pine nuts

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Walnuts provide healthy fats while sunflower seeds are a budget-friendly option.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is a dairy-free option, while pecorino is often less expensive.

Boil a big pot of water for the pasta and add 1 teaspoon of salt once it comes to a boil.

Cook the pasta according to the package instructions; the pasta takes 13 minutes to cook.

While the pasta is simmering, toast the pine nuts in a dry pan over medium heat, tossing regularly until golden brown, about 5 minutes.

Set the toasted pine nuts aside to cool.

Add roughly chopped parsley, toasted pine nuts, garlic, nutritional yeast, salt, pepper, the juice of 1 lime, and a big glug of olive oil into a blender.

Blend until smooth, scraping down the sides if needed, and add a splash of pasta water to help it come together.

Once the pasta is cooked and drained, mix it with the pesto until every piece is coated in the sauce.

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