The Ultimate Fresh Summer Pasta 🌿🍅 with Basil, Tomatoes, Almonds (Trapanese)

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: pecorino cheese

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

almonds

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

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

Prepare the ingredients: wash and chop the tomatoes, measure the basil, garlic, and almonds.

Using a mortar and pestle, crush the garlic and almonds together until a paste forms.

Add the basil leaves and continue to grind until well combined.

Incorporate the chopped tomatoes and mix until the mixture is a coarse paste.

Drizzle in the olive oil while mixing to emulsify the pesto.

Season with salt to taste.

Cook the pasta according to package instructions, then drain and toss with the pesto.

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