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Creamy Avocado & Spinach Pasta

October 17, 2016 by Ciara Attwell, Updated October 28, 2022

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A quick and easy recipe perfect for picky eaters; Creamy Avocado & Spinach Pasta with a no-cook sauce!

avocado & spinach pasta

We all know that spinach is one of those foods that is fantastic for growing children. Rich in iron, along with Vitamins A, C and K and some B Vitamins too, there was clearly a reason it was Popeye’s favourite food!

 But despite it being a nutritional powerhouse, it can be near on impossible to get kids to eat it. That is, until I made this sneaky pasta recipe!

My kids absolutely love pasta and I’m always trying to come up with new and easy sauce recipes to go with it which of course sneak in the veggies!

This recipe is perfect as it takes just a minute to whizz up in a food processor and requires no cooking at all. This also keeps the sauce highly nutritious as none of the nutrients are lost as they might be during the normal cooking process.

no cook pasta sauce

The spinach is blended together with avocado (another highly nutritious food!), cream cheese, parmesan and basil to make a really delicious creamy pesto sauce.

My daughter is always highly sceptical of any kind of “green” food so the first time I made this she looked at it rather suspiciously! But after trying it she declared it was delicious and I now make it once a week for a really quick and easy dinner. Success!

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A quick and easy recipe perfect for picky eaters; Creamy Avocado & Spinach Pasta with a no-cook sauce!

Creamy Avocado & Spinach Pasta


★★★★★ 4.9 from 17 reviews
  • Author: Ciara Attwell @ My Fussy Eater
  • Prep Time: 2 mins
  • Cook Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 12 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: Main Meal
  • Cuisine: Italian
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A quick and easy recipe perfect for picky eaters; Creamy Avocado & Spinach Pasta with a no-cook sauce!


Ingredients

  • 250g / 9 oz pasta
  • 100g / 2 & ½ cups fresh spinach
  • 150g / 5 oz cream cheese
  • 1 avocado
  • 10 basil leaves
  • 30g / ⅓ cup grated parmesan
  • 50ml / ⅓ cup milk
  • 100g / 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved

Instructions

  1. Cook the pasta in boiling water on the hob according to the package instructions.
  2. Add the spinach to a food processor and blitz to reduce it in size.
  3. Add in the cream cheese, avocado, basil and parmesan and blitz again until all the ingredients have broken down and are combined.
  4. Add a little of the milk until the mixture reaches your preferred sauce consistency.
  5. Drain the pasta and mix in the spinach and avocado sauce. Finally add the cherry tomatoes.
  6. Serve immediately.
1 Serving5716.2 g271.9 mg24.6 g10.8 g71.3 g6.6 g17.8 g
avocado & spinach no cook pasta sauce

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Comments

  1. Sam says

    October 30, 2022 at 2:43 pm

    Didn’t have avocados so only made it with spinach, and I added garlic and cooked the paste later and umm let’s just say I made it for our 2 year old but but I ate 90% of it ! And now it’s my fav pasta !

    ★★★★★

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    • Vicky says

      October 31, 2022 at 9:40 am

      Hi Sam, Thats fantastic! and a great idea. Thank you so much for coming back to us we love hearing your success stories. Please feel free to share your creations with us on Facebook and Instagram.

      Reply
  2. Alaina Anttila says

    September 11, 2022 at 10:45 pm

    My 19 month old daughter who can sometimes be picky with eating LOVED this recipe!!!! And so easy to make! What a find! 😍

    ★★★★★

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    • Vicky says

      September 12, 2022 at 9:04 am

      Absolutely fantastic! We are so glad your daughter enjoyed this recipe. Please let us know if your try anymore. Thank you for coming back to share your review. Happy cooking.

      Reply
  3. Sinead says

    April 5, 2021 at 4:36 pm

    Fab pasta sauce for kids…I called it hulk pasta and my boys devoured it

    ★★★★★

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  4. poo says

    February 23, 2021 at 5:53 am

    such a great idea!

    ★★★★★

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  5. Sylvie says

    January 17, 2021 at 10:56 pm

    My 3 and 6 yo love it!

    ★★★★★

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  6. Kbr says

    January 17, 2021 at 6:15 pm

    Tweaked a few things as I didn’t have all the ingredients in! Used cream instead of cream cheese and milk. Used cheddar instead of Parmesan. And only had dried basil in! I half heartedly served this up to my toddler thinking he 100% wouldn’t like it as it smelt quite strongly of avocado still, I was so convinced I actually binned the leftover sauce as I was waiting for it to cool. Well he absolutely loved it and I am so shocked as he hates avocado!! Will definitely make this again. Thank you for the recipe

    ★★★★★

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  7. Katie says

    October 18, 2019 at 3:54 pm

    My 10 month old loved this recipe, as did I! I liked how easy and quick it was to make too.

    ★★★★★

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  8. Fiona says

    January 30, 2019 at 5:50 pm

    This is fantastic! So easy to make and has just gone down a treat! Bonus that you can freeze too. Thanks for sharing!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  9. Ross says

    January 15, 2019 at 3:41 pm

    I am doing a project in school to create a meal for young children of nursery/preschool age, does anyone possibly know a way to hide the colour as it may be unappealing to their young minds?

    ★★★★

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    • Vicky Lewis says

      April 13, 2019 at 1:24 pm

      There’s no way to remove the colour, but you could in theory serve it with a layer of grated cheese or breadcrumbs initially obscuring it. Most children love basil pesto though, and that’s green. Alternatively you can give it a kid friendly name ‘Dinosaur swamp pasta!’ for example, or arrange the dish in such a way, using other foods if necessary, to make an ‘alien’ face shape or whatever that will appeal to them. Involving children in the process of buying the ingredients and preparing the meal also makes it far more likely they’ll give it a try.

      Reply
  10. Anonymous says

    January 4, 2019 at 1:49 am

    Thank you for this recipe! My extremely fussy 1 1/2 year old gobbled this up, so grateful!

    ★★★★★

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    • Ciara Attwell says

      January 4, 2019 at 4:21 pm

      Brilliant!! 🙂

      Reply
  11. George says

    July 27, 2018 at 6:17 pm

    What can I use instead of parmesan to make it vegetarian?

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    • Tia says

      November 1, 2022 at 6:23 am

      This is what I am thinking also as would like to try this recipe but dairy free for my allergic toddler

      Reply
  12. Ling says

    May 21, 2018 at 5:18 pm

    I loved this non cook recipe! The kids ate most of it all up. I added lemon juice and next time I’ll leave the milk out as it was really nice and creamy. My kids don’t like avocado but they had no clue they were eating it and the spinach! I also added some pan fried chicken thighs which works really well.
    Will definitely make again!
    Thanks Ciara for all your amazing recipes!

    ★★★★★

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    • Ciara Attwell says

      May 21, 2018 at 6:38 pm

      Thanks Ling! So glad you liked it!

      Reply
  13. Christina says

    April 17, 2018 at 6:55 pm

    Can the sauce be made without the basil? Is it still tasty?

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    • Ciara Attwell says

      April 18, 2018 at 9:11 am

      Yes it’s fine to leave it out

      Reply
  14. Johanna says

    March 19, 2018 at 5:39 pm

    A huge success with our two fussy eaters! Thanks.

    ★★★★★

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  15. Eva says

    March 8, 2018 at 11:03 am

    I usually can’t get my kids to eat avocados but they loved this.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  16. ela says

    January 18, 2018 at 7:49 pm

    loved it, kid loved it, just the fussy husband immediately asked if i put spinach in it:) couldn’t trick him…

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  17. Michelle says

    November 12, 2017 at 2:05 pm

    Any recommendations on how to make this sauce red rather than green while including all of your ingredients for my fussy toddler please!

    Reply
    • Kristina says

      May 5, 2018 at 5:19 am

      You can pop some red pesto paste in there! It’s like a sundried tomato one 🙂

      Reply
  18. Kimberley says

    November 9, 2017 at 9:59 am

    Can I freeze the left overs?

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    • Ciara Attwell says

      November 9, 2017 at 9:12 pm

      Yes you can freeze the sauce!

      Reply
    • Archana says

      October 27, 2021 at 11:08 pm

      Shockingly simple and delicious. My 5 yr old who hates anything that is leafy in his food declared it was delicious. Thank you for this keeper!! My 1 yr old loved it as well.

      ★★★★★

      Reply
  19. Shannon says

    September 16, 2017 at 8:13 pm

    Does the sauce color change if you make i ahead of time? I know avacadoa brown.

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    • Ciara Attwell says

      September 18, 2017 at 11:37 am

      Yes a little. If you add some fresh lemon or lime juice that will help to stop it browning

      Reply
  20. Katie says

    May 24, 2017 at 4:51 pm

    Can this sauce be frozen?

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      May 24, 2017 at 8:05 pm

      Yes it can!

      Reply
  21. Jenivi says

    March 15, 2017 at 4:08 am

    I made this today and my 3 1/2 year old and 1 1/2 year old ate it!! My husband and I enjoyed it as well. Great recipe! Thank you.

    ★★★★★

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    • Ciara Attwell says

      March 15, 2017 at 9:19 pm

      Yay! Really pleased to hear that!

      Reply
  22. Jules says

    March 7, 2017 at 12:15 pm

    This is great! I have a son with nut allergies. Sometimes it is hard to find meatless options that don’t include nuts!! Can’t wait to try!!

    ★★★★★

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    • Ciara Attwell says

      March 8, 2017 at 8:23 am

      I hope you like it Jules!

      Reply

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