Easy Peasy Pesto Cubes

You don’t have to slave away in the kitchen to eat healthy meals through the week.

You don’t have to get food boxes delivered to your door, or have frozen meals in the freezer to reach your goals.

Whilst this can be totally OK for periods of time, is it really realistic in the long run? Not really. And, it’s nice impressing people with your cooking skills from time to time right?

It’s better to start learning how to whip up quick, easy meals and slowly learn more hacks to add to your tool belt to make healthy eating even EASIER. 

This is one!

Once it’s made, just pop open the freezer and pair it with some edamame pasta (or real pasta for the kids and hubby) to create an easy, low carb recipe in minutes!

Easy Peasy Dairy Free Pesto Cubes

Serves: 7

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups fresh basil leaves

• 4 garlic cloves (peeled)

• 3 tbsp pine nuts

• 1/4 cup nutritional yeast

• 3 tbsp olive oil

• 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice

• 2-3 tbsp water

• 1/2 tsp pink salt

• Black pepper (optional)

Method:

1. Place all ingredients except water into a high speed blender or food processor.

2. Process until smooth, adding water one tablespoon at a time, only add if/as needed to get things blending.

3. Add more salt and pepper, if desired.

4. Use a spoon to transfer pesto to silicone ice cube moulds. I got 14 cubes worth, however the size of your mould may vary.

5. Set in freezer overnight or for at least 3 hours.

6. Remove frozen pesto cubes from the mould and store in an air tight zip lock bag in the freezer.

7. To use the pesto, place 2 cubes of frozen pesto in a fry pan with sautéed vegetables or pasta - you can literally add this to anything!

Notes:

• 1 serving = 2 x cubes however this will depend on the size of your mould. The macros calculated are per serve based on 7 servings for the entire batch (ie 14 cubes).

• You do not need to freeze the pesto if you will use it within 7 days. You can make a double batch and freeze half to save time in future!

Macros / serve (2 cubes):

Calories: 88 kcal

Protein: 2 g

Fat: 8 g

Net carbs: 1 g

Fibre: 1 g

Serving suggestions

I love enjoying pesto with the edamame pasta by Slendier. I find this at Coles or Farmer Jacks.

It’s super high in fibre and contains some protein too (15 g if you have half the box which I do!).

I always add a good cup or 2 of greens and also sometimes add some cooked chicken for extra protein!

But, if i’m lazy, I will leave out the chicken and enjoy a little Morlife Vanilla Fudge Protein over berries for dessert to up my protein intake. FYI - main meals should contain roughly 20 g protein minimum to ensure you meet your protein needs.

And, while we are chatting macros - we should all be eating a min of 25 g per day of fibre for optimal gut health. Having half a box of this provides you with a whopping 7 g of fibre, so when you also add veggies, you are easily meeting about 40% of your fibre needs for the day!

How awesome is that?

I hope you love this recipe. When you make it, please share on instagram and tag me so that I can see! I love that so much.

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I hope you love this hack - another low carb recipe to add to your belt to simplify your life.

Bec x