A flavourful pasta dish loaded with basil, garlic, nutritional yeast and greens. A 20 minute meal that is pure heaven.
Prep Time 10minutes
Cook Time 15minutes
Total Time 25minutes
Servings 3people
Ingredients
roasted broccoli
3 heads broccoli(chopped)
1 tspavocado oil
pinch of salt
dairy free pesto
1/4cup pine nuts
2garlic cloves
1/4cup olive/avocado oil
1/2lemon (juiced)(~2 Tbsps)
1tbspbrown rice miso paste
1heaping cupbasil
1heaping cup spinach
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
pinch sea salt
3-4tbsp pasta water(added at end, to thin sauce)
Other
340gfettuccine pasta of choice(I used GF Barilla brand)
1cup cremini mushrooms(finely chopped into one cup)
vegan parmesean
1/4cup raw cashews
1/4cup nutritional yeast
1/2tspgarlic powder
Instructions
roasted broccoli
Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Chop the broccoli into small florets and toss in 1 tsp of oil and a pinch of sea salt. Place on a lined baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes.
pesto
While the broccoli is roasting, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Once boiling add your desired amount of pasta.
Heat a small saucepan over medium heat, add 1-2 tsp of oil. Finely chop the mushrooms and sauté until browned. Set aside.
While the pasta is cooking, the broccoli roasting and the mushrooms sautéing, prepare the pesto. Add all of the pesto ingredients, except the pasta water into a food processor. Blend until smooth. Scrape down the sides as you go.
Once the pasta is done, add 3-4 tbsp of the pasta water to the pesto, to thin the sauce out. Pesto should be thin yet creamy.
Drain the water from the noodles and add the noodles back to the pot. Add in the mushrooms and broccoli to the pasta and pour in the pesto sauce. Toss to combine.
vegan parmesan
Add all ingredients together in a clean food processor. Blend until grainy texture (similar to real parmesan) has formed.
Top pesto pasta with the parmesan. Pasta is best enjoyed when fresh.