Lightened Up Creamy Vegan Avocado Pesto
This avocado pesto is creamy, packed with flavor, and amazing with everything. It's perfect with zucchini noodles or pasta, as a low calorie salad dressing, mixed with eggs, as a dip for grilled vegetables, spread onto a sandwich, or as a sauce for a buddha bowl. The options are endless!
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- 3 cups basil (packed)
- 1 avocado
- 1 cup frozen cauliflower rice
- 3/4 cups water
- 1/2 cup frozen spinach
- 1/3 cup nutritional yeast
- 5 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 cup walnuts*
- 1 Tbsp minced garlic
- 1 Tbsp chia seed powder**
- 1/2-3/4 tsp Himalayan sea salt to taste
- 1/4 tsp cracked pepper
Instructions
- Add all ingredients* to blender and blend until combined and creamy.
Notes
*Wait to add walnuts until after ingredients have been combined and then pulse to create small chopped walnuts if desired for a little bit of chew vs completely creamy consistency.
**Place 1 tablespoon of chia seeds in a grinder and pulse until fine to create chia seed powder.