Vegan Pesto and Roasted Vegetables
Vegan Pesto and Roasted Vegetables

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, vegan pesto and roasted vegetables. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pesto with pasta is a classic combination. This recipe also includes savory sun-dried tomatoes and roasted zucchini, but you can customize this dish with any of your favorite vegetables. The pesto adds a bright and refreshing flavor to the entrée, and the pine nuts add a buttery creaminess to the sauce. Roasted vegetables don't need to be hot to be delicious.

Vegan Pesto and Roasted Vegetables is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Vegan Pesto and Roasted Vegetables is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have vegan pesto and roasted vegetables using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Vegan Pesto and Roasted Vegetables:
  1. Get 1 1/2 C Fusilli Pasta
  2. Make ready 6-8 Cherry Tomatoes (This is a topping)
  3. Get 1 Avacado
  4. Make ready Mushrooms (As much as you want)
  5. Get Asparagus (As much as you want)
  6. Prepare Broccoli (As much as you want)
  7. Take 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
  8. Make ready Dash Pink Himalayan Sea Salt
  9. Prepare Dash Black Pepper
  10. Take Vegan Pesto
  11. Get 75 g Cashews (about 3/4 cup)
  12. Take 60 g Basil Leaves and Stems (about 2 1/2 cups packed)
  13. Prepare 5-7 Tbsp Hot Water
  14. Take 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
  15. Prepare 1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
  16. Prepare 3 Garlic Cloves
  17. Prepare 25 g Nutritional Yeast (about 1/4 cup)
  18. Make ready to taste Salt

This recipe takes this method to the next level by adding delicious pesto to the mix. Pesto gives a wonderfully rich texture to this quick veggie side dish - and adds an Italian flavour to Sunday. Cheesy and flavorful, plus an option for lower fat. If you're trying to avoid oil, feel free to sub the EVOO for vegetable broth or water!

Steps to make Vegan Pesto and Roasted Vegetables:
  1. Preheat oven to 450 (yes, that high for a quick roast) Place all vegetables in a large bowl and coat with olive oil. Add salt and pepper and mix it all up.
  2. Bring some water to a boil and add in Cashews. Boil for about 15mins. This will soften the cashews so they can blend well.
  3. Place vegetables on a large baking tray or two. It doesn't need to be spread apart.
  4. Once oven is preheated. Place tray of vegetables in the oven and cook for 20mins.
  5. In a food processor add in softened cashews and some of the hot water slowly as you pulse into a creamy texture.
  6. Add in the rest of the Pesto ingredients and pulse into a gritty texture. Add water to your desired consistency, more for a more saucy pesto. Salt to taste(optional)
  7. Bring water to a boil and begin cooking pasta when the oven time left for the vegetables is about 7-8 minutes. This way everything can be finished at the same time.
  8. Once Vegetables are done, your pasta should also be done. Drain pasta and rinse with strainer under cold water.
  9. Add pesto sauce to cooked pasta and mix. Place vegetables on a plate with pasta. Top with chopped tomatoes and avacado.
  10. Enjoy.

Cheesy and flavorful, plus an option for lower fat. If you're trying to avoid oil, feel free to sub the EVOO for vegetable broth or water! I hope you all love this pesto! But instead of just a basic pesto pasta I added in a few fresh vegetables, roasted them so they got nice and sweet, and tossed them in the pasta along with the pesto! The best thing about this recipe is the veggies could easily be substituted to whatever suits your.

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