Avocado Pesto Pasta
I can eat an avocado every single day and never get sick of it! It’s a staple product in my home and I usually make it with breakfast foods, lunch, or half it and eat it with a spoon! I made this Avocado Pesto Pasta as an easy and healthier alternative to canned sauce, try it for dinner, you’ll be wondering why you waited so long! My friends at Banza hooked me up with this amazing chickpea penne pasta! It’s so much healthier than traditional pasta with double the protein, four times the fiber, and nearly half the net carbs! Try the pasta that loves you back and enjoy it guilt free!
Avocado Pesto Pasta
Author: Yadira Torres
Recipe type: Main
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Serves: 2
Avocado pesto pasta using fresh ingredients and chickpea pasta.
Ingredients
- ½ lb chicken feta spinach sausage
- ½ box Banza Penne Pasta
- 8 cups salted water
- 1 tsp coconut oil
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 avocado
- 1 garlic clove
- 5 sprigs cilantro
- 2 sprigs basil
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp freshly ground pepper
- ½ tsp onion powder
- 1 lime
- 8 cherry tomatoes
- ½ cup fresh shredded Parmesan
Instructions
- Bring large pot of salted water to a boil, add half Banza penne package and cook according to package. Reserve ½ cup of pasta water for use in avocado pesto. Drain the rest and set aside.
- In a high speed blender or food processor add avocado, garlic clove, cilantro, basil, salt, pepper, onion powder, and juice of 1 lime. Blend and slowly pour in olive oil until you have a thick but smooth consistency.
- Bring pan to medium high heat, add coconut oil and chicken sausage. Mix with a wooden spoon and break sausage apart as it cooks. Once chicken is fully cooked lower heat.
- Stir in pasta, add avocado pesto and slowly add in reserved pasta water until the sauce is no longer thick but smooth and saucy. Stir until desired thickness.
- Serve warm and garnish with halved cherry tomatoes and Parmesan cheese.
Nutritional Content Source: Avocado Pesto Pasta
| MACROS | Calories | Carbs | Fat | Protein | Cholest | Sodium | Sugars | Fiber |
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| Avocado Pesto Pasta |
