A delicious kid friendly Spinach Pesto Pasta recipe ready in just 5 minutes! No cooking required, perfect for a quick and easy family meal.
We all have our go-to dinners...quick, easy meals that can be thrown together when you're in a hurry.
Pesto pasta is definitely one of mine. I can whip it up in just a few minutes and I know my fussy eater will eat it and that I can avoid an argument at the dinner table for one evening at least!
But spinach is one of those vegetables that I really struggle to get my kids to eat.
No matter how I try to cook it or hide it in dishes, they always manage to pick out those stringy bits of green.
This pesto recipe however has been a game-changer! It has also the taste and flavour of a classic green pesto but packed full of goodness.
The beauty of this recipe is not only how healthy it is, but how easy too. There's no cooking required, you just need a food processor or powerful blender to blitz all the ingredients together.
This Spinach Pesto will keep in the fridge in an airtight container for up to four days. It can also be frozen and defrosted at room temperature in just a couple of hours.
I would recommend freezing it in small freezer bags or ice cube trays so that you can easily access small portions one at a time.
And remember pesto isn't just for mixing with pasta!
Try it as a topping for this baked chicken recipe or try it on fish and add a few breadcrumbs for crunch.
Or try marinating a few cubes of feta in pesto to jazz up a boring salad, or even add some extra oil to make it into a salad dressing. The possibilities are endless!
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Spinach Pesto
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 10 1x
- Category: Sauce
- Method: No Cook
- Cuisine: European
Description
A delicious kid friendly Spinach Pesto Pasta recipe ready in just 5 minutes! No cooking required, perfect for a quick and easy family meal.
Ingredients
- 500g baby spinach
- 2 garlic cloves
- 100g parmesan, grated
- 200ml light and mild olive oil
- juice of ½ lemon
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Add as much of the spinach as you can to a food processor, along with the garlic, parmesan and olive oil. Blitz until smooth.
- As the spinach reduces, add more until all the spinach has been added and blitzed.
- Finally add the lemon juice and season to taste with salt and pepper and blitz one last time.
- Mix with cooked pasta and serve immediately.
Notes
The pesto can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 4 days or can be frozen. Try freezing it in ice cube trays so you can easily pop out one portion at a time.
Aplikasi Taruhan says
This spinach pesto recipe looks amazing! I can’t wait to try it out for my picky eaters. It’s such a creative way to sneak in some greens. Thanks for sharing!
hiwin says
I just made the spinach pesto recipe, and it was a hit with my kids! They didn't even notice the spinach! Thanks for sharing such an easy and delicious recipe!
SUMMERTIME SAGA APK says
I absolutely love this spinach pesto recipe! It’s so easy to make and the kids devoured it. Thanks for sharing such a healthy and delicious option for family meals!
Vicky says
Glad you enjoyed it! please feel free to also share with us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, we love to see all your creations.
Gemma says
A fabulous pesto! So easy to make and such a hit with my girls. Thanks!
Dinah says
Absolutely delicious, and sooooo easy. Willl definitely be making lots more dishes from this website. Thank you.
Layla says
This goes really well on pasta. Haven't tried it on anything else yet but really like it!
Emma says
I am love love loving you're recipes I've just recently started clean eating and now trying to get my family on board too, the recipes you come up with are just amazing!, thank you so much one happy mummy here! X
Ciara Attwell says
Thank you so much Emma. Please come back and let me know how you are getting on with switching your family to clean eating.
HELEN says
fab photos & recipe... & do I spy a certain wallpaper? 😉
Ciara Attwell says
Yes! It's now in ALL my pictures!!!
Chloe @ The Loveliest Food says
Love this recipe! So quick and a great idea to freeze in individual portions 😉
Will be making a batch very soon, thanks for sharing x
Ciara Attwell says
Hope you like it Chloe. Its a big hit in our house!
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says
I love making spinach and kale pesto. It is a great way to get some extra vegetables in a meal.
Ciara Attwell says
Ouuu I haven't tried kale before. I'll have to give it a go!