Avocados, lemon juice and pine nuts are a match made in heaven and when mashed together with a little garlic and parmesan they make a perfect pesto for this Avocado Pesto Pasta.
The wonderful thing about this recipe is the ease and speed of it’s preparation and of course coupled with the fact that it is incredibly tasty and extremely nutritious.
The finished dish isn’t the most visually stunning creation – let’s face it, green spaghetti is never going to look that appetising! But the light creamy, tangy taste is perfect if you need to make something quick, light and delicious.
Avocado Pesto Pasta
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Avocado Pesto Pasta is a perfect tasty dish to whip up quickly and it's full of goodness too!
Author: Sara
Recipe type: Pasta for a light lunch or dinner
Serves: Serves 2
Ingredients
- To feed two people
- 2 medium avocados
- The juice of one lemon
- 2 tbsps of extra virgin olive oil
- A sprinkle of dried garlic
- Salt and pepper to taste
- A handful of pine nuts
- 50g grated parmesan
Instructions
- While you are cooking your pasta, prepare your pesto.
- First toast the pine nuts in a dry frying pan over the hob. This only takes a couple of minutes - watch them carefully!
- Peel the avocados and mash them in a bowl, add oil, lemon juice and seasoning and continue to mash into a smooth paste.
- When the pasta is cooked and drained, stir in the pesto and parmesan making sure it coats the pasta thoroughly .
- Serve onto dishes and sprinkle over the pine nuts.
Avocados, lemons and pine nuts are three of my favorite foods! Pinned it to my “recipes to try” board.
Thanks for pinning 🙂
I love pesto on penne but have not made with avocado! Looks yummy!!! Thanks for sharing with us at Home Matters linky party. Hope you join us again and feel free to invite a friend:)
I am so making this! Thank you for sharing what looks like a fabulous recipe!
I would love to try this, it looks delicious! Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday this week and come back soon!
Miz Helen
Thanks Miz Helen! We’ll be back next week!
I love pesto so much and have never thought of adding avocado to the mix. This looks really tasty!
Yes avocados so good for you! Thanks Nicole 🙂
oops sorry Sara, a couple of odd words in the last comment I left. I have just changed from using a lap top to using a keyboard and my fingers have got to get used to the change.
Best Wishes
Daphne
Good Evening Sara, I love avocado and I also love pesto, wo when I aw this recipe on Miz Helen’s Full Plate Thursday, I just knew I had to pop over and say hello.
This is certainly going to be on the menu quite soon, as it is quick to make and in the summer time that is exactly what I am lookin for.
Best wishes to you.
Daphne