{"id":5498,"date":"2019-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/uncategorised\/vegetable-pesto-pasta-recipe"},"modified":"2023-11-28T11:01:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T01:01:43","slug":"vegetable-pesto-pasta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/vegetable-pesto-pasta\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegetable pesto pasta recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Looking to sneak more veggies into the kids’ meals? This easy recipe will do the trick. With a sprinkle of parmesan on top, this dish is sure to become a family favourite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serves: 4 people
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Ingredients:\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1 garlic clove, crushed
\u00bd cup raw macadamia nuts
\u00bd cup finely grated fresh parmesan
1 cup fresh basil leaves
1 cup olive oil
Salt and pepper
2 bunches asparagus, trimmed
200g pumpkin, thinly sliced
400g spaghetti
Extra parmesan, to serve<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. Place garlic, macadamias, parmesan and basil into a food processor or blender. While the machine is running, slowly pour in the oil. Blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.<\/li>
  2. Heat a char-grill over high heat. Lightly spray asparagus and pumpkin with oil and cook in batches, turning occasionally, for 3-5 minutes or until tender. Cut into bite-size pieces.<\/li>
  3. Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in a large saucepan of salted boiling water until al dente. Drain and return to saucepan.<\/li>
  4. Gently toss together with pesto sauce. Twirl spaghetti into warm serving bowls and add asparagus and pumpkin pieces. Serve with extra grated parmesan.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Note: <\/strong>Pesto sauce freezes well for up to 3 months. Just spoon into small plastic containers and seal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Looking to sneak more veggies into the kids’ meals? This easy recipe will do the trick. With a sprinkle of parmesan on top this dish is sure to become a weekly staple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[32,134],"oe_author":[],"class_list":["post-5498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at-home","tag-lpg","tag-recipes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5498"},{"taxonomy":"oe_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oe_author?post=5498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}