15minutes
734Calories
20gProtein
1serving
In a pesto cashews replace both the Parmesan and the pine nuts: creamy, faintly sweet, and half the price. The blender needs a minute.
Ingredients
Forserving
- 100 gFusilli
- 30 gBasil
- 30 gCashews
- 20 gOlive oil (2 tbsp)
- 10 gLemon juice (2 tsp)
- Garlic, salt, nutritional yeast to taste
How to make it
- Cook the pasta in salted water, keeping a cup of the cooking water.
- Blend the basil, cashews, oil, lemon, garlic and salt into a paste.
- Loosen the pesto with a little pasta water and toss the pasta in it.
One tip
Under a layer of oil the pesto keeps three days in the fridge.
Nutrition per serving
| Calories | 734 |
|---|---|
| Protein | 20 g |
| Fat | 35 g |
| Carbs | 85 g |
Calculated from the ingredients, using values per 100 grams from USDA FoodData Central. The calories come from the macronutrients, not from the energy field of the database.
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