Green Goddess Pasta Sauce

Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Boil kale until tender.
  2. 2Just before the kale is finished boiling, mix in some spinach until it's wilted.
  3. 3Once all leafy greens are wilted, take them out and add them to a blender.
  4. 4Cook the pasta in the same water used for boiling the greens to reclaim some of the vitamins.
  5. 5Add Parmesan cheese, fresh basil, a can of white beans, lemon zest, garlic, and a few ladles of the pasta water to the blender with the greens.
  6. 6Blend all ingredients until smooth.
  7. 7Pour the green goddess pasta sauce over the cooked pasta.
  8. 8Mix the sauce and pasta together.

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch kale
  • 1 bag spinach
  • 1 lb pasta
  • 1 can white beans
  • 1 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 1 cup fresh basil
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp lemon zest
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 0.25 tsp salt

Equipment

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Tips

  • Adding pasta water to the sauce incorporates starch, making the sauce stick better to the pasta.
  • Reclaiming vitamins from the cooking water by cooking pasta in it.