Want to make and enjoy your spinach pesto vegan this time? Then try this quick recipe with walnuts, pine nuts and yeast flakes.
For me there is nothing better than a delicious pesto on pasta cooked perfectly al dente. Yes, I take that very carefully and I'm sure that's how the flavor comes out best.
Because the spinach plants are so comfortable on the balcony, it's time to turn them into a delicious pesto. An experiment has resulted in a recipe that I would really like to recommend to you.
It is very quickly prepared and tastes pleasantly nutty-spicy. A dream in green :)
What's wonderful about this is that you can make the pesto while the pasta is cooking - it all works out easily in terms of time.
Mmmhh delicious: lentil balls in curry sauce!
Why you should make spinach pesto vegan
So today I'm swapping basil for spinach and parmesan for yeast flakes.
Pesto usually consists to a large extent of Parmesan cheese.
But you can make spinach pesto vegan if you replace the Parmesan with yeast flakes.
Taste-wise, yeast flakes are reminiscent of Parmesan cheese and visually they are also difficult to distinguish at first glance.
What I'm trying to say is that for anyone who doesn't eat a vegan diet, it won't make much difference taste-wise.
But if you have invited guests who do not tolerate cow's milk, it makes a very big difference for them.
Because I have a lot of friends who have problems with certain foods, I like to try new recipes all the time. This was one of the experiments I dared to do the previous year.
On the one hand, because the garden was full of spinach and, on the other hand, because vegan spinach pesto simply aroused my curiosity.
It went over so well, I just have to share it with you.
This spinach pesto is
- vegan and therefore free from animal food
- very aromatic thanks to yeast flakes and walnuts
- Low carb suitable
- very easy to prepare
- Packed with healthy fats thanks to nuts and olive oil
Have you ever tried beet pesto with pistachios?
You need for this recipe a powerful food processor* or a strong Blender*. In addition Seasoning yeast flakes* and Organic pine nuts*, which you can order from Amazon.
Vegan spinach pesto with walnuts
Ingredients
- 200 g Fresh leaf spinach
- 60 g Pine nuts
- 50 g Walnuts
- 1 Garlic clove
- 5 EL Olive oil
- 20 g Yeast flakes
- 1 TL Salt
- 1 TL Lemon juice
Anleitung
- Roast the pine nuts in a frying pan. Important: without oil. When they start to brown, they are ready.
- Place the pine nuts, walnuts, spinach, olive oil, garlic clove and yeast flakes in a food processor. Blend the ingredients thoroughly until you have an even paste.
- Season the spinach pesto with salt, pepper and a little lemon juice.
Nährwerte
You have prepared too much? Spinach pesto can be stored well in the refrigerator. Pour a little more oil on the pesto for this purpose. Olive oil preserves the spinach cream for at least a week.
If you want to keep it longer, you should put it in ice cube molds and freeze it. That way, it's always perfectly portioned and ready to go when you're in the mood for spinach.
However, I must say that the vegan spinach pesto has never survived longer than a day. No matter in what quantity I prepared it. :)
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How you can refine the vegan spinach pesto
Want to put the finishing touches on your pesto? As a non-vegan, you might think of Parmesan cheese. But you can refine the spinach pesto vegan without resorting to animal products.
How about this
- Dried tomatoes
- Fresh red bell pepper pieces - for color
- Nutmeg
- Cashews* instead of walnuts
- a little arugula
- Herbal salt
- a little grated lemon peel
- Soy cuisine, if you like it creamier
Our conclusion
A vegan spinach pesto adds variety to your spaghetti. You prepare it while the pasta is cooking and it will time out just right. Once you've tried it, you'll never want to buy pesto again. It tastes worlds better than store-bought pesto and is faster to prepare than you can buy pesto at the supermarket :)
Good luck and enjoy it!
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