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Let’s Eat: Vegan Pesto Pasta with Grilled Sweet Potato

Let’s Eat: Vegan Pesto Pasta with Grilled Sweet Potato

14 June 2016 Posted by Nia Langley Food + Drink

I decided to be a little adventurous for this meal. Never before have I made pesto, grilled sweet potatoes, or cooked with the enjoya pepper (the prettiest pepper I’ve ever seen). I decided to throw all of this inexperience on one plate, and it turned out pretty good.

Instead of parmesan cheese for the pesto sauce, I used The Vegetarian Express’ Parma Zaan Sprinkles It has all natural ingredients, no artificial anything, no hydrogenated fats, and no refined sugar. It’s the bomb. The enjoya peppers, first grown by mistake, serve as a great garnish, as they are sweet and juicy.

Ingredients:

  • Pasta:
    • Noodles
    • Fresh basil leaves
    • Garlic
    • Parma Zaan Sprinkles (grated parmesan cheese if you’re not about that life)
    • Pine nuts
    • Olive oil
  • Grilled sweet potatoes:
    • Sweet potatoes
    • Enjoya peppers
    • Lime
    • Salt
    • Pepper
    • Vegetable oil

Directions:

  • Blend basil leaves, Parma Zaan Sprinkles, pine nuts, garlic, and olive oil in a food processor or blender (I’m really not good with measurements. Just do what you feel . . . or look up a pesto recipe).
  • Set pesto sauce aside.
  • Boil sweet potatoes in a pot until fork-tender.
  • Let sweet potatoes cool.
  • Boil noodles in a pot.
  • Cut sweet potatoes, then grill the sweet potatoes and enjoya peppers on medium heat for about two minutes.
  • Add salt and pepper, and squeeze lime juice on potatoes and peppers while grilling.
  • Drain noodles.
  • Add pesto sauce to noodles and mix thoroughly.
  • Transfer potatoes and peppers to a plate and squeeze more lime juice on them.
  • Serve sweet potatoes and enjoya peppers over pesto pasta.

 

Bless.
If you make this or anything similar, let me know what you think! Bon Appétit!

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  • Angie Wilson
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    15 June 2016 at 5:15 PM

    Looks delish and healthy! Love sweet potatoes

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  • Claire
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    17 June 2016 at 6:01 AM

    So yummy!

    God bless,

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  • Jewel Delgado
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    18 June 2016 at 1:18 PM

    omg! looks so delicious, now im hungryyyy

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  • Maria Ilic
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    18 June 2016 at 9:03 PM

    Looks soooo delicious! ♥
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    19 June 2016 at 5:45 AM

    Huuum this looks so good, I can't wait to try it! xo, Sophia from http://www.sistersandglitters.com

  • Dascha Boonstra
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    19 June 2016 at 7:57 PM

    That looks so great!

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  • sweetCarol
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    20 June 2016 at 5:38 PM

    That look is gorgeous

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    21 June 2016 at 7:16 AM

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  • charlotte carter
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    22 June 2016 at 11:56 AM

    this looks so yummy!
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    23 June 2016 at 10:09 AM

    mmmm!!!!

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  • Ann-Marie Cato
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    28 June 2016 at 3:05 AM

    Looks delicious and healthy! Yum!

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  • Megan Nichole | LaziMILLENNIAL
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    8 March 2018 at 9:04 AM

    Wow, that looks amazing and those peppers are beautiful! Will be trying this pesto recipe soon.

  • Comfort
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    8 March 2018 at 9:14 AM

    Looks super yummy! I will have to try this recipe.

  • Cleo
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    8 March 2018 at 9:04 PM

    Looks yummy. Trying it this weekend.

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