Spinah Pesto Pasta
This light pasta dish will be a staple at your dinner table! Can be served as a warm main dish or as a cold side pasta salad!
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 lb pasta
- 2 tbsp roasted almonds
- 1 small clove of garlic
- the zest of 1 small lemon plus a little squeeze of the juice
- 4 cups baby spinach approximately 4 handfuls
- 2 1/2 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tsbp of freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 3 fresh basil leaves
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Directions:
- Cook pasta and reserve 1/2 cup cooking water. Drain and set aside.
- In a food processor, pulse the almonds, garlic and lemon zest and juice until finely chopped. Add spinach, olive oil, parmesan, basil leaves, salt and pepper. Puree until smooth, scraping down sides.
- Toss pasta with the pesto, adding some of the cooking water if it's a little dry. I added about 1/4 cup of liquid.