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Creamy tomato basil soup
6 tomatoes, seeded and diced
2 cups loosely packed basil leaves, plus extra for garnish
2 cups cashews, soaked
1 cup water
1 shallot, finely chopped
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
Place cashews and water in a blender and blend until creamy. Add basil, tomatoes and shallot. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with basil.
Basil Pesto
2 cups fresh basil leaves, packed
1/4 cup olive oil
1/3 cup pine nuts
1 garlic clove, minced
sea salt, to taste
black pepper, to taste
1 Place basil leaves in small batches in food processor and process until well chopped.
2 Add the nuts and garlic, process again until if forms a thick smooth paste. Slowly stream in olive oil. Stopping the food processor to scrape down sides of container.
3 Process until fully incorporated and smooth. Season with salt and pepper
4 Serve pesto over zucchini pasta.
A saladacco (aka Spiralizer) transforms yams, sweet potatoes, daikon and other root vegetables into angel hair pasta noodles.
Food Prep Tip: The noodles will be wet after you spiralize. Place them in a strainer with a pan underneath. Sit on the counter overnight to let it "dry out" a bit. Or you can put it in the dehydrator for an hour at 100 degrees.
