Back to Casual Meals

5 Minute Vegan Kale Pesto Recipe

Published: May 16, 2018 | By: Kristina Stosek
Prep Time Prep Time 5 Minutes
Difficulty Difficulty Beginner
Serves Serves 1 1/2 cups
5 Minute Vegan Kale Pesto Recipe
star rating icon star rating icon star rating icon star rating icon star rating icon
Average Rating: 4.5 | Rated By: 3 users

Pesto sauce can be used as a spread on toast, on a pizza, tossed with pasta or added to a baked potato, it is super versatile. In this recipe I added pumpkin seeds, giving the vegan pesto rich flavour.  Pumpkin seeds are also a complete protein, containing all nine of the essential amino acids your body needs. What I love about it, it takes only 5 minutes to make this healthy delicious pesto recipe. This recipe is truly a winner!

Printer Friendly

Ingredients

  • 2 packed cups of fresh kale leaves
  • 1/2 cup cooked peas
  • 1 Tbsp. Fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp. GF dried oregano or 1 Tbsp. Fresh oregano leaves
  • 1/3 cup pumpkin seeds
  • 3 tsp. Minced garlic, about 3 large garlic cloves
  • 1 Tbsp. Nutritional yeast
  • 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

    • *As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases. Please check out my sponsorship and disclosure policy page for more details

    Instructions

  • Pulse kale, peas, lemon juice, oregano and pumpkin seeds several times, until coarsely chopped
  • Add garlic and nutritional yeast and pulse few more times, scraping down the sides as needed
  • Slowly stream in olive oil while the food processor is running. Slowly adding the oil will help it emulsify and help keep the oil from separating. Scraping sides as needed
  • Season with salt and pepper
  • Note; To store, cover tightly with plastic wrap in the refrigerator. It will keep up to a week

    • Leave a Comment

    No comments yet.

    Add a Rating

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Similar Recipes

    Easy Walnut Pesto Recipe

    Easy Walnut Pesto Recipe

    You will love this super easy to make delicious walnut pesto. It is gently flavoured with garlic, making it a perfect addition to gluten-free pasta or grilled meats. Healthy and tasty! what is walnut pesto? Walnut pesto is super simple to make using only five ingredients plus salt and pepper. You will need fresh basil […] Read More

    Prep Time icon Prep Time 5 Minutes
    Difficulty icon Difficulty Easy
    Serves icon Serves 4
    © Copyright 2022 Only Gluten Free Recipes. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy, Disclosure. Designed & Developed by GuaranteedSEO.