Green Goddess Pasta Sauce

Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Boil the kale until it's tender.
  2. 2Right before the kale is finished, mix in some spinach until it's wilted.
  3. 3Once all the leafy greens are wilty, take them out and add them to a blender.
  4. 4Cook the pasta in the water used to boil the greens to reclaim some of the vitamins.
  5. 5To the blender with the greens, add Parmesan cheese, fresh basil, a can of white beans, lemon zest, garlic, and a few ladles of the pasta water.

Ingredients

  • kale
  • spinach
  • Parmesan cheese
  • fresh basil
  • 1 can white beans
  • lemon zest
  • garlic
  • ladles pasta water
  • pasta

Equipment

blender

Tips

  • Adding pasta water to the sauce incorporates starch, helping it stick better to the pasta.
  • For added richness, consider adding sun-dried tomatoes, especially with a little oil from them.
  • For a gluten-free option, use chickpea pasta to incorporate multiple servings of beans.
  • This recipe is great for meal prepping.