Health benefits:
Try this homemade pesto pasta, packed with fibre and antioxidants. Made with cavolo nero and walnuts, two ingredients rich in gut loving polyphenols, it’s as nutritious as it is delicious.
5 Ingredient – Polyphenol Pesto Pasta
2
20 mins
££2.50
Ingredients
- Handful of basil
- Handful of Cavolo Nero
- 50g parmesan
- 150g Whole wheat pasta
- Handful of Walnuts
- 4 tbsp EVOO
- Salt & Pepper
- Lemon juice
Method
- Boil the pasta until al dente, see packet for details or keep tasting until happy! Once cooled, the pasta forms resistant starch, which is easier on your blood sugar.
- In a blender or food processor, blitz together the cavolo nero, walnuts, basil, EVOO, parmesan, salt and pepper.
- Once blended taste and season accordingly.
- Mix together the pasta and pesto, squeeze a lemon over the pasta and garnish with basil.
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