Gather pasta lovers! Today we have a tasty basil cashew pesto pasta recipe. You will love it at first bite. It’s super-simple to make. All you need is a food processor and the ingredients. It takes 10 minutes to be done, and it’s the perfect recipe for lunch or dinner.
Ingredients:
To make the basil cashew pesto pasta recipe you will have to get:
8 oz. box of pasta
1/4 cup raw cashews
1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
1/2 tablespoons sea salt
1/2 tablespoons black pepper
1/4 cup + 3 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups fresh basil
2-3 garlic cloves
2 tablespoons lemon juice
How To Make It:
The first step of preparing the basil cashew pesto pasta is to boil the pasta.
While it’s cooking you can start preparing the sauce. Add the olive oil, cashews, garlic, and black pepper in a blender or food processor. Blend them well to get an even consistency. Add the salt and nutritional yeast to the mix. Blend again. Add the basil and blend once again. The mixture has to be smooth and evened out. Put in the lemon juice and pulse. Your basil cashew pesto dressing is ready.
Remove the water from the cooked pasta and add the sauce.
Cook the pasta for a minute and mix very well.
