This pesto has a fantastic flavour coming from the roasted asparagus and roasted pistachio. It’s delicious stirred through hot or cold pasta, spread onto sandwiches, or used as a dip. I especially like making a large pasta salad and using this pesto as the dressing. Here’s a recipe for a pesto pasta salad that this… Continue reading Roasted Asparagus & Pistachio Pesto
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Tofu and Vegetable Noodle Salad
This cold noodle salad combines vegetables, noodles and smoked tofu, in an Asian-inspired sauce. It’s ideal warm weather food and it’s perfect for lunches or main meals. It also keeps well in the fridge for a few days, so it’s great to for lunches in the week. It’s been especially warm here recently, so food… Continue reading Tofu and Vegetable Noodle Salad
Pistachio Butter Cups
Rich, dark chocolate with a sweet pistachio butter filling. These simple snacks make for a delicious plant-based treat for any time of day. You can use any dairy-free chocolate for this, but I find that the combination of the dark chocolate with the pistachio butter to be especially delicious. They’re a tasty treat that you… Continue reading Pistachio Butter Cups
Pistachio Satay Noodles
This stir fried noodle dish combines vegetables, diced smoked tofu and wheat noodles, in a deliciously nutty pistachio satay sauce. This twist on a satay sauce makes a delicious stir fry sauce, or dipping sauce. To make this using homemade pistachio butter, you can see how I make that here Serves; Two Cook time; 20 minutes… Continue reading Pistachio Satay Noodles
Chocolate Pistachio Mousse
The internet has been in a frenzy for pistachio chocolate for a while lately, and it made me wonder what blending pistachio butter into a chocolate mouse would be like. Delicious, as it happens. Which led me to this recipe for a really decadent and indulgent, yet surprisingly simple to make mousse. You could opt… Continue reading Chocolate Pistachio Mousse
Double Chocolate Pistachio Butter Cookies
These chewy, soft pistachio butter cookies are easy to make, and stuffed with white and dark chocolate chips. You can purchase pistachio butter, but I’ve been enjoying making my own nut butters recently, so I’ll share how I made it Pistachio Butter You’ll need: 400g roasted pistachios in their shells Method: Start by shelling the… Continue reading Double Chocolate Pistachio Butter Cookies
Rocket & Pistachio Pesto
Rocket & pistachio pesto, with garlic, basil and dairy free truffle parmesan cheese. This is a vibrant, fresh pesto, with a deep nuttiness from the pistachios. I love making pesto with rocket, as it gives the pesto a delicious peppery flavour. This pesto would work well with hot or cold pasta, as well as spreading… Continue reading Rocket & Pistachio Pesto
