Quick & easy recipes: vegan pistachio pesto pasta with grilled courgettes

This delicious, nutritious and healthy Vegan Pistachio Pesto contains 5 ingredients and only takes 5 minutes to make! It’s a great versatile dish and can be served with pasta, bread, grilled vegetables, potatoes and salads. The addition of Pistachios adds an extra hint of sweet and rich flavour to this simple yet delicious pasta dish!

This dish is gluten and dairy-free. 

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 Ingredients

Basil

Borna foods pistachio nuts

Garlic

Olive oil

Salt

Black pepper

You can add Nutritional yeast (if you like it cheesy)

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Method

  1. Blend all the ingredients in a blender or food processor of your choice. 

  2. Mix with cooked (always al dente) pasta, grilled vegetables and set aside for a few minutes. Serve.

Enjoy!

Words and Photography by Jelena Fairweather

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