Here’s a beautiful, and amazingly good for you, easy to make meal. The avocado makes the pesto extra creamy and the sun dried tomatoes coupled with the fresh basil bring joyous flavor to this lovely dish. Enjoy!
Creamy avocado pesto zoodles
Makes 2 portions
Ingredients
- 3 zucchinis
- 1 avocado
- 2 hand of fresh basil
- 1 garlic clove
- 20g of pine nuts
- parmesan
- 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- lime
- salt and pepper
- *optional sun dried tomatoes
Directions
- Cut both ends of the zucchinis
- spiralize the zucchini completely on its length side
- In the blender add the pine nuts, garlic, basil, parmesan to taste and olive oil
- Fast blend the first batch, then add the avocado, salt, pepper and lime and blend until it becomes a paste, add a bit of water if it’s too thick
- Check the seasoning
- Add the zoodles in a pan with a touch of olive oil and salt, just to warm them up, cook high heat for 2 minutes
- Add the pesto to the zoodles and mix well
- Top with a few thin slices of dry tomatoes and parmesan
This looks delicious!!
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Haven’t come across the term zoodle before, and it’s brightened my day! Loving the good fats in this too ❤
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🙂 You can make carrot or beet zoodles too. They taste good slightly sauteed or raw. ❤
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