This Spaghetti with Parsley Avocado Pesto is an all-season, healthy, delicious vegetarian family dinner idea. It requires few ingredients and only about 15 minutes of your time.
SPAGHETTI WITH PARSLEY AVOCADO PESTO
The only ingredient in this recipe that requires cooking is the pasta. Which makes it an ideal quick meal for a hot day, such as today (the heat wave has finally arrived!). With this simple vegetarian recipe you can have a healthy, easy meal made from scratch without spending hours in the kitchen!
The pesto is ready in less time that’s needed to cook the pasta (al dente too!). All the ingredients are basically whizzed together to form a semi smooth, rich, fabulously nutritious sauce. And that’s really all there is to it!
Garnish with roasted tomatoes if you like to add colour and sweet/sour notes to this simple dish.
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You can store any leftover sauce in an airtight container the fridge (for a couple of days) and enjoy later as a dip served fresh crusty bread or raw vegetables. You can also drizzle the sauce over pizzas and add to other dishes, especially tomato based, but not exclusively! It goes just as well with roasted chicken or steak. Enjoy!
If you find the idea of parsley pesto appealing you may also like this Zoodle Egg Nests with Parsley Pesto snack recipe.
- Spaghetti cooked al dente in salted water with 1 bay leaf (for 4 people)
- 40 g parsley finely chopped
- 2/3 cup good vegetable oil or mild tasting olive
- 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
- Flesh of 1 and 1/2 avocadoes
- 1 cup finely grated parmesan cheese or other hard Italian cheese
- Sea salt and plenty of pepper to taste
- Roasted tomatoes for garnish optional
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Combine the oil, garlic and parsley and process in a blender for 2 minutes. Add the cheese and avocado and puree for another minute or so. Season well and spoon a desired amount onto individual portions of the pasta. Garnish with roasted tomatoes if you like.
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Store any leftover pesto in an air tight container in the fridge for up to 2 days.
To save time prepare the pesto while the pasta is cooking.
I am bringing my Spaghetti with Parsley Avocado Pesto to #SaucySaturdays. The hosts are: La Petit Chef, Mid-Life Croissant, Take Two Tapas, and The Flavor Bender. Also sharing with Pasta Please hosted by thinlyspread.co.uk. I’ve also shared it with Meat Free Mondays hosted by tinnedtomatoes.com
Don’t Forget to Pin It Before You Go:)
This dish looks great an a healthy simple twist on a traditional concept. Trying this weekend thank you
Thank you! Hope you like it:)
Delicious dish. My mouth waters every time I look at it. Thanks for entering it into Meat Free Mondays. I featured your recipe and stumbled, pinned, yummed & tweeted.
Could you possibly link to the challenge in your post next time please?
Thank you so much, really sorry I forgot to include the link, I’ve done it now
Welcome to Yum Goggle! We are following you on all your social media and hope you will follow us back. We will do our best to tag you each time we promote your posts. Kelli at YG! P.S. – this is my most favorite dish of all time and yours looks delish!!
Thanks! I have followed you too:)
It looks fresh and delicious. I will add a bay leaf in the water next time I’m boiling pasta, it’s a great idea.
Thanks! I also boil potatoes with a bay leaf:)
I love the look of this Monika, it’s so vibrant and easy to rustle up too. I like the idea to cook the pasta with a bay leaf – something I’ll definitely have to try.
Angela x
Thank you, Angela! I often boil potatoes with a bay leaf too, they taste nice:)
Oooh Monika, you know this is my kind of recipe! Quick, healthy..and I am sure delicious! What’s not to like? I love the addition of roasted tomatoes too – I can imagine that would be such a great contrast to the flavours of the pesto. Pinning this one on my must make board!! Thanks for linking up to #CookBlogShare 🙂 Eb x
Thanks Eb! I am glad there are other people who love green herby foods as much as me:)
ooooh this sounds interesting and what a great colour the sauce gives the pasta. i must give this a try, thank you x
Thank you! I also think colour is important in food, makes it look more appealing:)
i’ve just tried this beetroot soup and its really amazing – ideal for a heatwave
Thanks! Glad you liked it:)