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Home » Family Meals » Spinach Pesto

Spinach Pesto

July 28, 2014 by Ciara Attwell, Updated December 11, 2020

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A delicious and nutritious Spinach Pesto ready in just 5 minutes!

spinach pesto

We all have our go-to meals…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!

Spinach is one of those vegetables that I really struggle to get my daughter to eat.

No matter how I try to cook it or hide it in dishes, she always manages to pick out those stringy bits of green.

So I wasn’t too convinced that I would be able to fool her with this spinach pesto. But how wrong was I! She gobbled down two portion of it with spaghetti and declared it “deeeeelicious”!

spinach pesto

I am really chuffed to have finally found a way to get her to eat spinach as it’s is up there with the best of the superfoods. Popeye had the right idea downing tins of the stuff!

And remember pesto isn’t just for mixing with pasta!

Try it as a topping for baked chicken or 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!

OTHER RECIPES YOU MAY ENJOY

Broccoli Pesto Pasta – An easy, nutritious and kid-friendly pasta pesto recipe made with super healthy broccoli! Nut free too! Sure to go down a treat.

Pesto Parmesan Chicken Meatballs – Delicious chicken meatballs made with just 5 simple ingredients and flavoured with basil pesto and parmesan. Perfect for a finger food dinner for kids or even mixed into spaghetti and sauce.

If you liked my Spinach Pesto recipe please do leave me a comment and a star rating below. You can also share your pictures with me on Instagram.  I always love to see your creations!

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Spinach Pesto


★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Total Time: 5 mins
  • Yield: 10 1x
  • Category: Sauce
  • Cuisine: European
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A delicious and nutritious Spinach Pesto ready in just 5 minutes


Ingredients

  • 500g spinach
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 75g parmesan, grated
  • 120ml olive oil

Instructions

  1. Chuck half the spinach and the rest of the ingredients into a food processor and blitz until smooth. Add the remaining spinach and blitz again.
  2. The ingredient quantities are not set in stone so you can change them depending on how much parmesan you like or alter the oil quantity depending on how you like the consistency of your pesto.
  3. 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.
1 Serving1400.3 g142.9 mg13.5 g2.9 g2.4 g1.1 g4.2 g
spinach pesto

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Filed Under: Family Meals, Hidden Veg Recipes for Fussy Eaters, Sauces & Dips Tagged With: fussy eater, pesto, spinach

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Comments

  1. Layla says

    February 17, 2018 at 9:37 am

    This goes really well on pasta. Haven’t tried it on anything else yet but really like it!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  2. Emma says

    April 10, 2015 at 5:53 am

    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

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      April 13, 2015 at 9:07 am

      Thank you so much Emma. Please come back and let me know how you are getting on with switching your family to clean eating.

      Reply
  3. HELEN says

    July 31, 2014 at 11:06 am

    fab photos & recipe… & do I spy a certain wallpaper? 😉

    ★★★★★

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    • Ciara Attwell says

      July 31, 2014 at 12:07 pm

      Yes! It’s now in ALL my pictures!!!

      Reply
  4. Chloe @ The Loveliest Food says

    July 28, 2014 at 3:51 pm

    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

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      July 28, 2014 at 4:30 pm

      Hope you like it Chloe. Its a big hit in our house!

      Reply
  5. Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says

    July 28, 2014 at 12:28 pm

    I love making spinach and kale pesto. It is a great way to get some extra vegetables in a meal.

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      July 28, 2014 at 4:30 pm

      Ouuu I haven’t tried kale before. I’ll have to give it a go!

      Reply

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