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Spinach Pesto Pasta

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A budget, quick and easy dinner that serves 4.

Ingredients:
500g wholewheat fusilli
1 can artichoke hearts, drained
1 can butterbeans, drained
1/2 cup unsweetened soy milk
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp soy sauce
5 cloves garlic
2 large handfuls spinach
Very large bunch basil
1/2 cup nutritional yeast
2 tbsp yellow miso
1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, finely chopped

Directions:
1. Cook the pasta according to package directions.
2. Meanwhile, in a blender, add half the artichoke hearts, the butterbeans, soy milk, lemon juice, soy sauce, garlic, spinach, basil, nutritional yeast and miso. Blend until smooth.
3. Drain the pasta, reserving about a quarter cup of the cooking water. Return to the pan with the pesto, the remaining artichoke hearts, and the tempeh.

Speedy Tortilla Pesto Pizzas

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These pizzas take 20 minutes, including the time needed to preheat the oven. The vegetables listed below are only a suggestion; feel free to use up the leftovers. If you don’t want to make the pesto, shop-bought suitable-for-vegan pesto or hummus will do just fine. Serves 2.

Ingredients

For the Pesto

1 large bunch basil (about 2 cups, tightly packed)
400g cannellini or other white beans
3 cloves garlic
50g kale leaves
1 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp miso paste
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
3/4 cup water
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

For the Pizza

4 mini or 2 large suitable-for-vegan corn or flour tortillas
Tomato purée or suitable-for-vegan pizza sauce
1 courgette (spiralized, sliced, or shredded)
1 each red and yellow bell pepper, sliced
1/2 red onion, sliced

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 220C.
2. Blend all of the pesto ingredients. Season to taste.
3. Place the corn tortillas on two baking trays or on pizza stones. Spread with the desired amount of tomato purée or sauce, top with pesto, and load up with vegetables.
4. Bake for 10 minutes, rotating or rearranging once to make sure they are evenly cooked.

Tofu Pesto Spread

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Although this spread is ideal for crusty bread, it also makes a wonderful stuffing for pasta shells. It’s incredibly simple to make: just put all of the ingredients into a blender or food processor.

Ingredients

1/2 block extra-firm tofu (about 170g), crumbled
1 cup toasted pine nuts or raw macadamia nuts
1 cup spinach leaves, tightly packed
Large bunch basil
Juice 1/2 lemon
2 tsp white or yellow miso
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
1 tsp sea salt, or to taste

Method

Pulse all of the ingredients in a food processor or blender, stopping occasionally to scrape down the sides if necessary. Don’t overprocess; you want the finished product to have some depth of texture from the nuts.

Kale, cashew and walnut pesto

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A simple, mostly raw pesto, heavy on the greens. Pictured here with a maple and tamari roasted tofu, red
potatoes and heirloom carrots.

Ingredients

2 cups packed baby kale
1/4 cup fresh basil
1T fresh garlic, minced
1T lemon juice
2T cashews
2T walnuts
2T olive oil
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
Sea salt and black pepper to taste

Directions

Soak the nuts in warm water for at least an hour.
Combine all ingredients in a food processor and puree
until smooth.
Let stand 30 minutes before using.
Seasons to taste.

 

 

Spinach and walnut pesto

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A simple, rich pesto heavy on the greens. Pictured here with seitan, sauerkraut and kamut.

Ingredients

2T olive oil
1/4t coarse sea salt
2T walnuts
1 cup packed spinach
2t lemon juice
1/2T fresh garlic, minced
1T nutritional yeast
Sea salt and black pepper to taste

Directions

In a food processor, grind the walnuts with the oil and sea salt.
Add the remaining ingredients, and puree until smooth.
Let stand 20 minutes, season to taste, and serve.