Rich and creamy pesto pasta with a light and refreshing flavour.
I love pesto. Like seriously love pesto. With a mix of fresh flavours, you can make it with almost anything. Try it with sundried tomatoes, basil, spinach or avocados. Any way you make it, pesto is a quick, easy and crave-worthy sauce.
YOUR DINNER IS PLANNED
Grab my done-for-you dinner plan with simple, 5-ingredient meals and a grocery list, so you don’t have to figure out dinner this week.
Traditional pesto sauce has a wonderful herb and nutty taste. To replicate that, Mint Pesto is made with pistachios. With a distinct green colour and nutty crunch, pistachios are a perfect addition to fresh mint. Add a splash of lemon juice, a clove of garlic, and some cottage cheese, and you have a distinctly refreshing and creamy sauce.
Mint Pesto is a quick and easy dinner dish. All you need is six ingredients and in no time, dinner is done. First, you’ll want to sauté the garlic. This helps to lessen the bite of the garlic, creating a deliciously mellow flavour. After that, add garlic, lemon, mint, cottage cheese and a little reserved pasta water to the food processor. Within minutes, your sauce is done. Easy, right?
If you have any left over, Mint Pesto is delicious hot or cold the next day. The flavours continue to compliment each other. This dish just gets better and better.
After you make Mint Pesto, please add a comment below and give it a star rating! I love hearing how much your family enjoys these meals.
HUNGRY FOR MORE QUICK & EASY RECIPES?
Join our Dinner Made Easy Newsletter to get tasty recipes, meal planning tips, kitchen hacks, and more in your inbox each week! Follow us on Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok for fast and delicious meal ideas.
YOUR DINNER IS PLANNED
Grab my done-for-you dinner plan with simple, 5-ingredient meals and a grocery list, so you don’t have to figure out dinner this week.
Want To Try This Pasta Recipe?
PIN IT to your favorite dinner recipe board to save it for later!
FIND ME ON PINTEREST for more delicious and easy recipes!
Mint Pesto
A delicious 30-minute pasta dish that’s filled with a wonderful mix of refreshing flavours. Packed with mint, pistachios, cottage cheese, garlic and lemon, this distinctive sauce has a really refreshing nutty bite.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 4-5 1x
Ingredients
- 1 (12 ounce) package pasta
- 3/4 cup fresh mint
- 1/2 cup pistachios, shelled
- 1/4 cup low fat cottage cheese
- 1 clove garlic, quartered
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tomato, chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Reserve 1/4 cup of pasta water. Drain and set aside.
- In a small pan, sauté garlic for 1 to 2 minutes, or until lightly browned.
- In a food processor, combine mint, pistachios, cottage cheese, pasta water, garlic and lemon juice. Process until well combined.
- Transfer cooked pasta to serving bowl. Toss with sauce.
- To give the pasta a little extra texture and sweetness, top it with diced tomatoes.
- Plate and enjoy!
YOUR DINNER IS PLANNED
Grab my done-for-you dinner plan with simple, 5-ingredient meals and a grocery list, so you don’t have to figure out dinner this week.
missiskarlsson
I love pesto too, cool idea!
You have a great blog generally.
I just started mine :)
https://tastydeliciousblog.wordpress.com/
Jessica
Thanks! Good luck with your new blog. :)
missiskarlsson
thank you :)
The Hungry Mum
Great lunch for a picnic :)