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BADASS VEGAN PESTO PASTA

What makes this vegan pasta dish so special?  It's the homemade pesto sauce!  OMG yum!  Naijha uses pine nuts, fresh basil, garlic, nutritional yeast, olive oil, and salt and pepper to create the most amazing pesto sauce to smother your pasta in.  Blend it all together and like magic, you have what tastes like a super fancy high-end pesto fit for kings and queens, but it only took minutes to prepare.  This is a great dish for a dinner party because it's easy to make in large batches, simple, and your guests will love it.  It's not called badass pesto pasta for no reason!
Course Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine Italian

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups penne pasta
  • 1 small zucchini
  • ¼ cup canned peas
  • For Pesto:
  • 2 cups organic fresh basil leaves
  • 1/4 cup organic extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1/3 organic pine nuts
  • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
  • 12 cloves organic garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon Himalayan pink salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon organic ground black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Cut the zucchin in half and then slice it
  • Cook pasta according to packet instructions.
  • Prepare pesto sauce by blending all pesto sauce ingredients in a food processor
  • Heat 1sp of oil in a non-stick frying pan over low-medium heat.  Add zucchini and cook 8-10 minutes or until tender.  Add peas, pesto sauce, and cooked pasta and toss everything together.
  • Cook until heated through.  Serve hot.
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Keyword vegan
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