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# Vegetarian recipes: Pasta With Pesto Sauce
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/vegetarian_recipes_1105130624/
- Published: 2013-11-05T19:23:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T14:01:55.000Z
- Description: Fresh basil, garlic, barley miso, pine nuts or walnuts and water blend into a pesto for a pound of spaghetti or linguini, ready in under 30 minutes. Eight servings at 285 calories each, from Neal Barnard's The Power of Your Plate.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Vegetarian Recipes, Recipes & Dining, #vivvo-import

This pasta in delicate fresh basil sauce is a great meal. It takes less than 30 minutes to prepare and is always a big hit.

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

1 bunch (1 1/2 cups loosely packed) fresh basil   
1 garlic clove, minced   
1 tablespoon barley miso   
4 tablespoons pine nuts or chopped walnuts, divided   
1/4 cup water   
1 pound dry spaghetti or linguini

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Place basil, oil, garlic, miso, 2 tablespoons pine nuts or walnuts, and water in a blender or food processor. Blend until a creamy consistency is reached, then add remaining 2 tablespoons pine nuts or walnuts and mix just a second or two.

Cook pasta according to package directions and drain. Serve sauce over individual bowls of pasta.

Per Serving: 285 calories; 4.2 g fat; 0.7 g saturated fat; 12.4% calories from fat; 0 mg cholesterol; 10.2 g protein; 47 g carbohydrates; 1.3 g sugar; 3.5 g fiber; 85 mg sodium; 22 mg calcium; 3 mg iron; 1.6 mg vitamin C; 364 mcg Beta Carotene; 0.3 mg vitamin E

Source: [*The Power of Your Plate*](http://support.pcrm.org/site/R?i=usECa-tmTQTkgDCI9D4AQQ&ref=foodconsumer.org) by Neal Barnard, M.D.; recipe by Camilla Meek.

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