This delicious and nutritious nut free pesto is a great addition to pastas and school lunch boxes.
Cooked and cooled pasta is a good source of resistant starch which is good for gut health. Try cooking with pasta and enjoying as a salad the next day to help improve the bacteria in your gut.
Place all ingredients in to a food processor and mix well
Spoon 2 Tbsp. through 500g cooked pasta, or to taste
Place the remaining pesto in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to a week
Servings 20
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 74
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 7.47g12%
- Saturated Fat 1.61g9%
- Sodium 0.42mg1%
- Total Carbohydrate 0.15g1%
- Dietary Fiber 0.03g1%
- Sugars 47.79g
- Protein 1.73g4%
- Vitamin A 6.01%
- Vitamin C 7.67%
- Calcium 5.08%
- Iron 1.00%
- Vitamin B12 8.25%
- Iodine 0.90%
- Magnesium 2.46%
- Zinc 14.88%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
The recipe makes about 1/2 Cup pesto.
It is great tossed through pasta and can also be used to coat chicken or fish before grilling.
Ingredients
Directions
Place all ingredients in to a food processor and mix well
Spoon 2 Tbsp. through 500g cooked pasta, or to taste
Place the remaining pesto in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to a week