Arugula Pesto

This arugula pesto is a favourite of mine and it is great to be able to use walnuts instead of the wonderful pine nuts with are so expensive. Usually, cheese is an ingredient when making a pesto recipe but there is no cheese in this and it still has a cheesy flavour thanks to the Nutritional Yeast I use.

Course Sauce

Cuisine gluten-free, Italian, vegan, vegetarian

Keyword arugula, lemon, nutritional yeast, olive oil, pesto, Vegan, walnut

Author Diana Herrington

Ingredients

2 cups arugula
2/3 cup + 1 Tbsp walnuts
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 tsp Himalayan salt
2 Tbsp nutritional yeast

Instructions

Blend all the above ingredients in a blender except for the nutritional yeast and 1 Tbsp walnuts until smooth and creamy.
Scoop into a bowl and mix in yeast and 1 Tbsp walnuts.
Use as a dip or pour on top of steamed vegetables or raw zucchini noodles.

Notes

Find out more about the healthy ingredients that I use for this recipe: arugula, walnuts, lemon juice, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Himalayan Salt, nutritional yeast

Note: Arugula has many health and detox benefits. Because of this I often use it in my weight loss and detox classes.