Looking for ways to use the vegan mozzarella I had, I decided to make a green pasta sauce! You will love this healthy, easy, cheap and under 30 minutes recipe, it is the right answer to how to make broccoli tasty and how to make spinach tasty! And of course… how to include more greens into your diet!
I made this great recipe for green pasta because it reminds me of a similar one, my mom use to make when I was a kid ❤️. If you enjoy all things pasta lol make sure you check our recipe for an easy red pasta sauce.
For those curious… the sausages are obviously vegan, I enjoy buying from time to time Tofurky sausages. They are delicious and healthy!
Spinach benefits
Spinach… I love to have it 2-3 times per week. I am not a health expert but let’s be curious, shall we? these are some of the benefits according to Healthline:
- It is full of vitamins (A, B6, B9, C, E, K1) and minerals (iron, calcium, potassium, magnesium)
- Oxidative stress reduction due to antioxidant components
- Eye health due to lutein and zeaxanthin
- Cancer prevention
- Aids in blood pressure control and reduce the risk of heart disease
Broccoli benefits
There is a very good reason for your mom to tell you to eat your broccoli! but don’t believe me, believe the experts at Healthline who wrote a full article about this. I am summarising the benefits here:
- It has a vitamin A, B9, C, K and minerals like potassium, phosphorus, selenium
- Antioxidants that offer offer benefits such as reduced blood sugar, colesterol, and chronic disease
- Protects against certain cancer (breast, prostate, gastric, renal, to name a few)
- Due to the fiber contents, it helps with a healthy digestion and reduced constipation
- Due to the bioactive contents, it might help to slow mental decline
This recipe is
- Healthy, filling, delicious, with 3 of your 5 a day! (spinach, broccoli, and coriander!)
- To use with your favorite pasta, we love it with wholewheat fusilli and vegan mozzarella
- Nutty flavourful
- The right answer to how to make broccoli tasty and how to make spinach tasty! And of course… how to include more greens into your diet!
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Green sauce for pasta
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- 1 Medium sized broccoli
- 150 g Fresh spinach (or 4 defrosted spinach cubes)
- 1 Medium sized onion
- 1 tbsp Vegans tock powder (buillon)
- 3 tbsp Tahini
- 1 cup Soy milk (or any other plant-based milk)
- 2 Medium sized garlic cloves
- 20 g Coriander
- 1 tbsp Olive oil
Instructions
- Make sure you have all the ingredients
- Boil the broccoli and the spinach for about 8 minutes in different pots
- Preheat a pan at a medium fire with the olive oil, or with some boiling water
- Chop the garlic and add it to the pan
- Chop the onion and add it to the pan
- Chop the coriander and add it to the pan. At this point the Onion and the garlic should be midway to be caramelized, so add the coriander
- Move with a spatula the coriander, garlic and the onion until the onion and garlic are caramelized
- Strain the spinach and the broccoli with cold water to prepare them for the blender
- Chop the broccoli
- Add all the ingredients, but the plant-based milk to the blender, and blend first at low speed, and increase to high speed, and leave it there for 1-2 minutes
- Scrape the blender with a rubber spatula
- Add the plant based milk and blend for another minute or 2 until it is smooth
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Easy healthy and delicious!
- The answer to: how to make broccoli taste good? how to make spinach taste good? how to include more greens in your diet?
- Feel free to change tahini with a nut butter, I have tried with cashew butter and it is also delicious!
- Since I am Mexican, I occasionally add two bird chilies to make this spicy! try it at your own rist