Vegan Spinach Cashew Pesto

A delicious plant-based pesto offers a vegan alternative to the traditional recipe, featuring basil, spinach, cashews, nutritional yeast, and olive oil.

Category Tags:

DinnerLunchCondimentSauce

Cuisine Tags:

Italian

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Instructions

  1. Pulse cashews in a food processor until finely ground.

  2. Add spinach, basil, garlic, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, and salt; blend for 30 seconds until a chunky mixture forms.

  3. With the processor running, slowly stream in olive oil until the pesto reaches the desired consistency, scraping the bowl occasionally.

Nutritional Info (per serving)

Calories: 291 kcal
Carbohydrate: 11 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Fiber: 2 g
Protein: 6 g
Saturated Fat: 3 g
Sodium: 439 mg
Sugar: 1 g
Fat: 26 g
Unsaturated Fat: 0 g