Kids love pasta! I love serving one with a veggie-loaded sauce, so they’re still getting the nutrients their growing bodies need! A simple, yes delicious homemade green sauce, full of fresh herbs, the whole family can enjoy this one.

Serve mixed through pasta, or use the green sauce as a puree, by adding a splash of water or broth to loosen and blend until you have reached your desired consistency.

Served here with a buckwheat pasta, but we also LOVE Berkelo pasta’s that use stoneground ancient grains such as khorasan, making them much easier to digest.

Super Greens Pasta

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Servings 6 people

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup fresh basil leaves
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley leaves
• 3 silverbeet leaves
• 3/4 cup macadamias
• 1/2 ripe avocado
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
• 1 clove garlic
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 1.5 tbsp lemon juice
• salt and pepper to taste
• 400 grams pasta of choice

Instructions

 

• Preheat a large pot with water and salt to cook your pasta 
• Remove the stem from the silverbeet leaves and place the greens into the boiling pasta water for a minute until vibrant green. Remove and squeeze out any excess water 
• You can use a food processor or bamix to make the green sauce. Add in the basil and parsley leaves, silverbeet, macadamias, avocado, parmesan cheese, finely grated garlic clove, olive oil, lemon juice and salt and pepper. Blend until combined and you have reached your desired consistency. It should still have a bit of texture to it
• Add the pasta to the boiling water and follow the pasta packet directions for cooking time. Once cooked, save a ladle of hot pasta water and set that aside before straining the pasta 
• Once the pasta has been strained, add it back into the pot with the green sauce and the pasta water. Stir well to combine until the sauce coats the pasta. You can also add a splash of cream if you wish. Season with extra salt and pepper if required 

Notes

* To serve the green sauce as a puree, you can add a splash of water to loosen and blend until you have reached your desired consistency

 

* For BLW, serve the sauce mixed through buckwheat pasta as pictured 

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