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Kale Pesto

May 18, 2014 by christine

Happy weekend! How’s yours going? A little too fast here, not sure I’m ready to head back to work tomorrow after last week’s business, but oh well. I adore kale and have it multiple times a day frequently between smoothies and salads. But I’m also in a bit of a rut with it using it in just smoothies and salads. I decided to get a little creative with it this time and turn baby kale leaves into a chunky, hemp seed pesto to coat carrot “noodles”.

Kale Pesto

  • 2 cups packed baby kale leaves
  • 1/4 cup shelled hemp seeds
  • 1 large clove of garlic, crushed
  • 2 tbsp. of nutritional yeast
  • 2 tbsp. of lemon juice
  • salt and pepper to taste

Place all ingredients into a food processor and process to a finely chopped and mixed texture. Toss with veggies or pasta, use as a spread, or even a dip for flat bread. Makes 2 servings.

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The color is gorgeously green and vibrant, perfect for pairing with bright orange carrots.

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And I had to share the carrots with Miko, he’s quite the fan of crunching away on them.

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I served the pesto carrot “pasta” topped with hemp seed Parmesan and a steamed artichoke for a veggie loaded dinner.

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The pesto has a bright, tangy, and punchy garlic flavor with nice texture that’s not greasy or slimy.

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And looks very pretty topping carrots.

Filed Under: Hemp Seeds, Recipes, Sides Tagged With: carrots, garlic, hemp seeds, kale

Comments

  1. Jennifer says

    May 19, 2014 at 7:49 am

    I’ve been making a lot of Pesto lately, too! Mostly with Walnuts and/or Pine Nuts for the nut part. I will be doing some others with Hemp Seeds this week, I think :) I’m going to try and do ALL RAW this week. I just finished a post about the surprises in the container garden this morning and will have another post about the start of ALL RAW WEEK in an hour or two :)

    • christine says

      May 19, 2014 at 11:45 am

      Very cool on huge all raw week, I’ve been thinking about trying another all raw month soon!

Hello! I'm Christine, an IT Professional in Northern California. I'm also passionate about a healthy, plant based lifestyle, running, fitness, and being eco-friendly. 40 (ack!), married, with furkids. Read More…

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