Walnut Avocado and Chilli Spaghetti

 

Walnut Avocado and Chilli Spaghetti

By Namit Kathoria

 

Preparation time: 15 minutes

 

Serves 4-6 portions

Ingredients:

150g-200g wholegrain spaghetti

 

Sauce

1 large handful of fresh mint

1 small handful fresh coriander

½ cup sunflower seeds

½ cup walnuts

3 ½ tablespoons nutritional yeast

2 teaspoons garlic powder

¼ teaspoon sea salt

1 avocado pitted and keeping as much flesh from close to the skin as possible

½ cup olive oil

Juice of 1 lemon (keeping the fibre)

1-2 chillis (deseeded if you want to decrease the heat)

 

 

Preparation:

1.      Cook the pasta according to the instructions.

2.      Place all of the ingredients for the sauce into a blender. Blend for one minute at a medium speed, pausing and scraping down the sides as you need to. If your blender has a pulse setting you can instead pulse around 10 times.

3.      Serve the sauce over the cooked pasta.

 

Did you know?

This recipe has a good balance of omega 3 and omega 6 oils as a result of the sunflower seeds, the walnuts, the olive oil and the avocado. The omega oils help keep your heart, lungs and immune system healthy.

 

Where does your protein come from?

It comes from the walnuts, the nutritional yeast, the sunflower seeds and the wholegrain spaghetti. These are all excellent sources of protein.

 

To get more inspiration for healthy plant-based recipes please see our new nutrition and recipe book “Life” which is due to come out in 2022.