Description
Makes about 1 cup pesto
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 bunch kale, discard stems and chop
- 1 pound pasta
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- Juice from 1/2 lemon to start, up to 1 lemon to taste
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- 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.
- Bring the water back to a boil and add the pasta. Cook according to package directions. Drain, and return the pasta to the pot.
- While the pasta is cooking, 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.
- Toss the pesto with the cooked pasta and serve
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 687
- Sugar: 3
- Sodium: 28
- Fat: 24
- Carbohydrates: 95
- Fiber: 7
- Protein: 23
- Cholesterol: 0