This is the meanest, greenest vegan hemp pesto pasta salad on the block!
Super flavour-y brilliance without the parm, oil, or gluten. BOOM.
To do list: make the pesto, boil the pasta, throw in some flavourful colours and you have yourself a meal!
Not only does this bode well for potluck-style weddings (which is what our weekends have been filled with this month), but it’s also a saviour when it comes to busy weeks and last minute dinners. Just make a TON of this goodness and your week will be stress-free in the food realm.
Serve it up with a big ol’ salad drizzled with this dressing, and spruce it up by adding different proteins each night (tempeh, smoked tofu, seitan or sausage slices, anything gardein, veggie burger chunks… you get the drift).
Easy & plant-based… that’s what it’s all about!
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- 1 package of your favourite pasta noodles (go for 2 ingredient pasta like fusilli with brown rice and water), cooked according to directions
- 10 kalamata olives, chopped
- 1 jar artichoke hearts, chopped
- 1 jar sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
- 3 basil leaves for garnish
Pesto:- 2 cups of packed fresh basil
- ¼ cup tahini
- ½ cup nutritional yeast
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 cup hemp seeds
- 2 cloves garlic
- ⅛ tsp each salt + pepper
- ⅓ cup water
- Make pesto: blend all pesto ingredients together in your food processor
- Mix the pesto, pasta noodles, artichoke hearts and sun-dried tomatoes together in a large bowl, then top with extra basil leaves.
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