Pesto Pasta

 Ingredients:

½ cup toasted pine nuts OR shelled salted pistachio nuts

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

1 small garlic clove

¼ teaspoon sea salt

freshly ground black pepper

2 cups fresh spinach leaves

A few fresh basil leaves

¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil

1/2 cup vegetable broth - add more as needed to make a smooth sauce

¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese or nutritional yeast 

Put all ingredients into a food processor and grind on high until smooth.  Add more or less of the spinach or vegetable broth or cheese to get the consistency you like.  It should make about a cup of sauce.  I cook one and a half 12 ounce boxes of whole wheat pasta and double the recipe and it seems a good amount to cover the pasta well.  (Plus Ashley always takes out one bowlful of plain pasta before I add the sauce.)