pea pesto pasta with crunchy crumbs

Pea pesto pasta with crunchy crumbs recipe and cookalong video

When you get your head around making your own pesto you won’t look back. Not only is it a perfect way to max out on greens (think of a how much greenery you can get into a smoothie) it uses up random odds and ends of cheese, seeds, nuts and greens and seems to manage to get loads of greenery past even the most veg-averse person.

I made this recipe in a lockdown cookalong video so you can watch me make it all the way through before you start and feel confident that when you make it, you won’t miss a trick. You can make this recipe in the time it takes the pasta to boil once you’ve made it a couple of times. making it a perfect quick and healthy dinner.

How to substitute to make pea pesto pasta work for whoever you’re cooking for

If you are cooking for someone who doesn’t like peas, hide them by defrosting the peas and add them to the pesto mixture so they end up blended in with the pesto. You can substitute almost every element of this recipe so instead of…