Green Pea and Almond Pesto and Stereotypes
This super simple recipe for Green Pea and Almond pesto was pure inspiration. Whipped up to cater to a robotics play date last weekend.
Since then whenever something is needed in a hurry, we whip up Green Pea and Almond Pesto.
The Story of Green Pea and Almond Pesto
I have been a robotics mama almost as long as I have been a soccer mama. It is what my daughter enjoys doing. My daughter had her friends over, who she was helping with an upcoming competition.
Her love for robotics actually breaks two stereotypes. One that science cannot be fun and second that girls cannot be good in math and science. In fact, her enthusiasm has actually made a believer out of me.This green pea pesto with mint and almonds came to my rescue to make dinner for the girls.
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Yesterday’s debate was the first formal election related event that I watched and was left with a sense of reflection. We had a unprepared candidate and another candidate being critiqued for preparing for the debate, often critiqued for being to too serious, I cannot help wondering how much of this is because of her being a woman.
All those gender stereotypes, believe they live around loud and clear. Possibly, the only time I have seen a political candidate being under fire for her husband’s affairs. One may not like her, but that she is being unfairly treated as a woman cannot be overlooked. People like me have our share of gender stereo typing everyday.
Now this pesto is an easier thing to talk about. It is super quick, and has evolved to become the kids favorite pasta.
It is practically made with pantry staples, yes, I usually use frozen peas which I have around in abundance. almonds also a pantry staple in our house and olive oil with fresh mint still around in our back yard. I had started this post earlier in the week and had gotten sidetracked.
It has been surprisingly busy this past week. I definitely need an early night. It is for nights like this, I often keep an extra container of this pesto handy. You can add Parmesan to this if you want, but we liked it as is with chopped mint to garnish and some garlic sauteed tomatoes and maybe a couple of sliced olives.
A couple of recipes along these lines include my fresh chive pesto and avocado pesto pasta.
A super easy vegan green pea and mint pesto, perfect for these rainy busy evenings.
Ingredients
- 1 12 oz bag of frozen peas
- Salt for cooking and seasoning
- 1 cup blanched almonds
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 cup fresh mint leaves
- 1 jalapeno pepper (optional)
- Water as needed
- 4 tablespoons lime or lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 pods of minced garlic
- 10 to 12 cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 1 tablespoon sliced almonds
- Sliced olives (optional)
- 2 to 3 cups pasta cooked per directions
Instructions
- Place the peas in boiling salted water and cook for 3 minutes. Drain.
- Place the peas in the food processor, with the almonds, olive oil, garlic, mint leaves and jalapeno pepper (if using) with about 1/2 cup of water and the lime or lemon juice. Blend until pureed.
- To finish the pasta, heat the olive oil and chopped garlic and cook for about 2 minutes stirring frequently until the garlic is fragrant. Add in the tomatoes and the carrots if using and cook until soft.
- Add in the almonds and the pecans and stir for another minutes. Stir in the pasta.
- Toss the pasta with the pesto and serve immediately.