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    Home » Dips, Dressings, and Sauces

    Kale Walnut Pesto

    Apr 24, 2017 · by Katie Koteen · Modified: Nov 22, 2019

    Jump to Recipe·5 from 1 review

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    This kale walnut pesto is a simple and versatile sauce to add a little something extra to your favorite pasta. It's also great as a vegetable dip or as a condiment for your favorite veggie burgers and dogs! If you don't have kale, any hearty green will do.

    This recipe makes about 1 cup of kale walnut pesto. Plenty for a pound of pasta. Be sure to set aside some pasta water for thinning the sauce, so it coats the pasta nicely.

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    Kale Walnut Pesto

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    • Author: Well Vegan
    • Prep Time: 15 mins
    • Cook Time: 5 mins
    • Total Time: 20 minutes
    • Yield: 1 cup 1x
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    Ingredients

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    • ½ bunch kale, discard stems and chop
    • ½ cup chopped walnuts
    • 2 cloves garlic
    • ¼ cup nutritional yeast
    • Juice from ½ lemon to start, up to 1 lemon to taste
    • ¼ cup olive oil
    • salt and pepper

    Instructions

    1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add a teaspoon of salt and the kale. Cook for 5 minutes and transfer the kale to a colander, using a slotted spoon.
    2. Combine the kale, walnuts, garlic, nutritional yeast, olive oil, and lemon juice in a food processor. Process until smooth. Add salt and pepper and more lemon to taste.

     

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    1. beentheredonethat

      December 22, 2019 at 8:14 am

      How big is half a bunch of kale

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      • Katie Koteen

        December 23, 2019 at 7:34 am

        Maybe 3-4 ounces without stems. Does that help?

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    2. Madhavi Mylavarapu

      November 05, 2019 at 1:31 am

      I made this yesterday for my daughter’s birthday party, and served it as a dip with raw veggies. It was a great hit with both adults and children. They just raved about it....Thanks so much for such an awesome recipe. I am going to try it with pasta, and as a pizza sauce.

      Will look up your other vegan recipes as well!

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      • Katie Koteen

        November 05, 2019 at 10:02 am

        Glad to hear it was a success!

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    3. Theresa Cyrus

      December 21, 2017 at 5:23 pm

      Hello Katie,

      I absolutely love the idea of this recipe, do you know the shelf life? 🙂 Thank you!

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      • Katie Koteen

        December 22, 2017 at 4:00 pm

        My best guess is 3-4 days!

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    4. Katherine

      November 04, 2017 at 6:54 am

      Hi Katie,

      I loved this Kale Walnut Pesto recipe.

      I would love to feature it in our website, Greenthickies.com. I will not be posting the actual recipe, but will only use one image form the post and a small quote and link directly back to the original post in your site.

      Will that be all right?

      Thanks a lot :),

      Katherine,
      Greenthickies.com

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      • Katie Koteen

        November 05, 2017 at 5:31 pm

        Yeah, absolutely! Thanks for asking 🙂

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