Creamy Avocado Pesto Pasta!

A healthy, creamy pasta dish with cherry tomatoes

Ingredients

• A big handful of fresh basil leaves
• zest and juice of 1 lemon
• a small handful of pinenuts
• 2 large avocados
• a tablespoon of olive oil
• a garlic clove
• small handful of grated parmesan
• salt and pepper to taste
• 6 cherry tomatoes per person (or however many you want)
• your favourite pasta shape (I suggest spaghetti!)

Instructions

STEP 1:

1. If you don’t have a food processor, now chop your basil and garlic up very finely and mash your avocado with a fork. Then mix this together with the parmesan, olive oil, salt and pepper, pinenuts and lemon juice.

STEP 2:

1. start heating up water for ur spaghetti and keep an eye on it so you can add your pasta when it is boiling.

STEP 3:

2. If you do have a food processor, add everything from step 1 into it now and blend till smooth.

STEP 4:

3. Take another small handful of pinenuts and put them in a saucepan (no oil) and toast for 1 min approx. put to one side.

STEP 5:

4. Put some oil in the pan and then fry the tomatoes until they are just a little bit blackened,

STEP 6:

drain spaghetti, stir through the avocado pesto. top with the tomatoes and toasted pinenuts and more grated parmesan.