SPINACH, WALNUT SUN DRIED TOMATO PESTO SPREAD

 

 

 

I am all about zesty, flavorful food.  This pesto spread really delivers with bursts of sun dried tomatoes and lemon.  My mouth is watering just thinking about it!  It's Friday night so, let's do this!

 

 

SPINACH, WALNUT SUN DRIED TOMATO PESTO SPREAD

 

3/4 cup sun dried tomatoes

3/4 cup raw walnuts

1-1/2 cup spinach

1-2 cloves of garlic

Juice of 1/2 to 1 lemon

Pealed and sliced pieces persian cucumbers

Fresh basil for garnish

 

Put all the ingredients into a food processor and process until combined well.  I don't like to process it too much, leaving this mixture a little chunky.  Use your desired amount of garlic and lemon juice.  The more you use the zestier it will be, so I'll leave that up to you...  Placed a small scoup of the pesto mixture on top of pealed and sliced persian cucumbers and top with a piece of fresh basil.  It's so fresh and flavorful! 

 

Enjoy!

 

 

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KALEIDESCOPE CHARD PESTO WITH WHOLE WHEAT SPAGHETTI

 

 

 

Italian food is one of those foods that you can fall in love with all over again, especially after you are able to travel to the actual country and eat their food, in their environment.  I love this version of pesto I made!  Making it with Chard is really delicious.  A twist on your regular pesto.  For this recipe, I got my inspiration from the folks at Happyolks.  I realy, really love their style of cooking and photography.  So fresh and fun.  Such a super simple easy recipe... here's the run down...

 

 



 

KALEIDESCOPE CHARD PESTO with WHOLE WHEAT SPAGHETTI

 

Ingredients:

 

1 large bunch kaleidescope chard (lightly de-ribbed), for a shortcut I used a bag of kaleidescope chard

1/3 cup olive oil
2/3 cup pine nuts
2 lemons, juice of
1 cloves garlic
dash of salt
1 tsp paprika
1/3 cup nutritional yeast
1/2 package whole wheat spaghetti

In a large food processor, combine all the ingredients and process until completely pureed. Toss pesto with cooked pasta.  So easy!

Serves 2



Enjoy!

 

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