Miso Spinach Pesto "Pasta"
Do you enjoy drenching your pasta in sauce too?
This is for you, guilt free!
Obviously the sauce works for regular pasta, but I’ve done it with spaghetti squash and loved every bite of it
Newly found way to indulge in “pasta”
Ingredients:
1 Spaghetti Squash
3 cups of Spinach
1 tbsp of miso (feel free to double this if you like miso as much as i do!)
2 cloves of Garlic
1/2 cup of Sesame oil
2-3 tsp lemon juice (lean on the heavier side if you like the tanginess)
Optional:
Sesame seeds for garnish
Cilantro to mix into the paste
What’s Next:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
Cut the spaghetti squash in half, clean out the seeds and brush the inner sides with oil
Line them side by side on a Pyrex or baking sheet, bake for 40-50 minutes until the surface is slightly golden
Put spinach, garlic, miso, sesame oil and lemon juice in a blender, blend until the sauce is green and you no longer see chunks of spinach (This step won’t work very well if you decide to make less than this amount, the spinach will just get stuck under your lowest blade)
Remove the spaghetti squash from the oven, let cool until you can handle. Take a fork and rake all the spaghetti like fiber into a mixing bowl (If you like your food hot like me, microwave this slightly for 30-45 seconds)
Add the miso pesto into the mixing bowl, mix well and serve! Garnish with sesame seed if you like!