How To Cook Spinach Pesto Pasta: Cooking For Kids

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and provides a cheesy flavor.

pine nuts

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Walnuts are more affordable and still provide a good texture.

Pack fresh baby leaf spinach into the food processor.

Add basil to the food processor.

Add parmesan cheese to the food processor.

Pour in about 5 tablespoons of olive oil, adding more if desired.

Add two big pinches of salt, about a quarter of a teaspoon.

Squeeze the juice of half a lime into the processor, using fingers to catch any seeds.

Blend all ingredients in the food processor until smooth.

Taste the pesto and adjust seasoning if necessary.

Serve the pesto over precooked pasta.

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