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Green Pasta

Published: Sep 19, 2019 · Modified: Jun 12, 2020 by Kate Hackworthy · 7 Comments

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This easy Green Pasta is a tasty way to eat your greens! The sauce has avocados, peas and fresh green herbs. Ready in just 10 minutes with 8 ingredients. Vegan, vegetarian, dairy free.

A plate piled with green spaghetti - pasta and a sauce made of avocado and herbs

Green Pasta

Looking for a super-quick midweek meal that's not only tasty, but healthy too? BINGO! You've found it here. 

Grab your meal planners, because you're going to want to add this dish to it. Often.

This dish couldn't be simpler. Just cook the pasta, and while it's cooking whiz all the sauce ingredients in a blender. Heat the sauce, toss the pasta in it and serve!

Why you'll love this Green Spaghetti Recipe

It only takes 10 minutes
Full of healthy greens
A great way to use up over-ripe or under-ripe avocados
Tastes delicious and creamy
It's vegan and dairy free

Serving Suggestion

This green pasta is great on it's own, with a sprinkling of my vegan parmesan. 
Try it with a green salad on the side.
For dessert, try it with a green cake! My apple kale cake is perfect. 

A white plate with green pasta - spaghetti with avocado sauce

There's something so virtuous about eating a green meal. The color just screams HEALTHY.

Whether it's a kale soup, spinach burger or even an apple kale cake (sorta healthy, right?), you just know you can shine up your halo once the meal is over. 

This green pasta slathers the spaghetti with a creamy, dream sauce that's filled with goodness.

The vegan pasta sauce is simply made from whizzed avocado, peas and herbs. Have some spinach? Throw in a handful. This is a very flexible recipe and it's great for using up produce. 

A plate of green pasta recipe in front of a serving bowl of spaghetti tossed in avocado herb sauce

Tips for making Green Pasta

  • Don't have a blender? Try using a hand held immersion blender to puree the sauce.
  • You can use fresh or frozen peas.
  • If your avocados are slightly underripe, puree them with the milk/soy milk first, then add the other ingredients. This recipe is a great way to use up avocados when you cut into them and they're under- or over-ripe.
  • Try different herbs, such as mint, for a different taste.

Special Diets

  • This recipe is suitable for vegans and dairy free diets.
  • Make it gluten free by using your favourite gluten free pasta. You could even try zoodles (zucchini pasta) for an all-veg meal.
  • This recipe is soy-free (if you use soy-free milk, try almond), nut-free (if you use a nut-free milk) and oil-free.

Storage and freezing

  • You can store left sauce in the fridge in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 days.
  • Leftover sauce mixed with pasta can be kept, covered, in the fridge and heated up in a microwave or in a pan on the stovetop.
  • Sorry, this sauce isn't suitable for freezing.

Flat lay of ingredients for green pasta

Ingredients for Green Pasta

To make this healthy green pasta, you'll need just 8 simple ingredients:
Ingredients
Pasta (any will work: rigatoni, linguine, spaghetti, even macaroni!)
Avocados
Peas (fresh or frozen)
Milk (I used soy milk)
Basil
Parsley
Garlic powder
Onion powder

Equipment
Stove
Pot for cooking pasta
Blender

How to make Green Pasta - step by step tutorial

This green pasta is super quick and easy! Just cook your favourite pasta, whiz up the sauce ingredients, heat the sauce and stir in the pasta!

Voila - 10 minute dinner that's full of healthy nourishing ingredients.

Follow these step by step pictures, then scroll down to the recipe card for the full quantities and instructions.

how to make green pasta - cook the spaghetti
1. Cook the pasta according to instructions on the box, then drain.

How to make green pasta sauce - step 1 add ingredients to a blender
2. While the pasta is cooking, add all the remaining ingredients to a blender (or large bowl and use a hand held immersion blender).

 

How to make green goddess pasta - blend ingredients
3. Whiz the sauce until smooth.

How to make green pasta recipe - heat the sauce
4. Pour the sauce into a pan and heat gently. Then toss the cooked pasta in the sauce and serve! 

 

GET THE FULL RECIPE AND QUANTITIES BELOW IN THE RECIPE CARD

Pasta Recipes

If you're looking for more vegetarian or vegan pasta recipes, try these!
Pasta with Peas (vegetarian or vegan)
Courgetti and Beet Balls
Mushroom and Butternut Squash Pasta
Zoodles with Pea Mint Sauce
Broccoli Mushroom Pasta
Vegan Chili Mac

 

View down of plate with green spaghetti - pasta with avocado herb sauce

15-Minute Dinners

Looking for more 15-minute midweek dinners? These ones are super quick and easy!
Naan Bread Pizza (vegetarian or vegan)
Mushrooms on Toast (vegan)
Chickpea Curry (vegan)
Vegan Pad Thai

For more 15 minute vegan dinners, subscribe to my newsletter and get my free eBook.

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Green Pasta

Kate Hackworthy | Veggie Desserts
This easy Green Pasta is a tasty way to eat your greens! The sauce has avocados, peas and fresh green herbs. Ready in just 10 minutes with 8 ingredients.
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Prep Time 2 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 10 minutes mins
Course Dinner
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 4
Calories 464 kcal

Equipment

  • Pot
  • Colander/Drainer
  • Blender or hand blender

Ingredients
 

  • 8 oz (350g) pasta (I used linguine)
  • 3 avocados peeled and stone removed
  • 1 cup (150g) frozen peas
  • ¼ cup (50ml) milk or soy milk
  • 1 handful fresh basil
  • 1 handful fresh parsley
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • salt and pepper

Instructions
 

  • Cook the pasta according to packaging instructions. Drain.
  • Meanwhile, make the sauce by blending all remaining ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth.
  • Pour the sauce into a pan and heat on the stove. Toss the pasta in the sauce and serve!

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Nutrition

Calories: 464kcalCarbohydrates: 56gProtein: 12gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 24mgPotassium: 951mgFiber: 14gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 666IUVitamin C: 32mgCalcium: 58mgIron: 2mg

The nutritional information provided is approximate and can vary depending on several factors, so is not guaranteed to be accurate. Please see a registered dietician for special diet advice.

Tried this recipe?Mention @kateveggiedesserts or tag #veggiedesserts! I love seeing your recreations.

 

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  1. Kate

    September 21, 2019 at 3:42 pm

    5 stars
    This was so great! Thanks for the yummy vegan recipe!

    Reply
  2. Julia

    September 21, 2019 at 2:09 pm

    5 stars
    This recipe was so good! I love the flavors and the simplicity of this pasta dish!

    Reply
  3. Dara

    September 19, 2019 at 2:18 pm

    5 stars
    I could eat this everyday!

    Reply
  4. Dannii

    September 19, 2019 at 2:06 pm

    5 stars
    We have a green pasta recipe coming up soon too. It's our favourite way to get our toddler to have a greens boost. Yours is beautifully presented.

    Reply
  5. Ashley

    September 19, 2019 at 2:06 pm

    5 stars
    I'm always looking for new ways to use fresh herbs and this pasta was perfect! Love all of the fresh flavor.

    Reply
  6. Pam

    September 19, 2019 at 1:29 pm

    5 stars
    It is hard to catch avacados at exactly the right amount of ripeness, so this recipe is great. Beautiful photos, too.

    Reply
  7. Demeter

    September 19, 2019 at 1:07 pm

    5 stars
    Can't wait to make this tonight for dinner. I love finding recipes that I already have everything in my kitchen to make. Perfect change to our normal dinner routine.

    Reply

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