Sweet Potato Noodles with Home-Made Pesto
By: Justina Elumeze
Published: Friday, November 17, 2017 - 8:11am

Ingredients




For the Basil
2 cups basil
1/2 cup parmesan
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup pine nuts
3 garlic cloves
Pinch salt
Pinch pepper
For the Sweet Potato Noodles
2 large sweet potatoes
2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
Pinch salt
Pinch pepper

Preparation

1 For the Pesto 2 Dry pan roast the pine nuts for a few minutes. 3 Add the basil and garlic into a blender and blend for a few minutes before adding the pine nuts and parmesan and blending some more. 4 Whilst the blender is still on, slowly add the oil, stopping to scrape the sides when necessary. 5 Add the salt and pepper to taste and continue blending until you have your desired consistency and taste. 6 For the Sweet Potato Noodles 7 Wash and peel the sweet potatoes. 8 Half them and cut the ends off. Place them in the spiralizer and spiralize. 9 Heat a pan with the oil and add the noodles to the pan. Add the salt and pepper and stir briefly for a few minutes until softened. 10 Once cooked remove from the pan and serve along with the pesto. 11 Notes 12 You can add a few drops of water to ensure that the potatoes do not stick to the pan when cooking. 13 Avoid overcooking the sweet potatoes so that they don't get mushy.

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Sauted sweet potato noodles with freshly made pesto combined to make one tasty meal, ready in just under fifteen minutes!