A kid-friendly green pasta salad that's good warm or cold, featuring a vibrant green sauce made from spinach, cashews, nutritional yeast, and lemon. Ideal for introducing healthy ingredients to children.
1. In a blender, add all the green sauce ingredients (spinach, cashews, nutritional yeast, basil pesto cube - or 1/4 cup fresh basil, zested and juiced lemon, and water) and blend until super smooth.
2. Once your pasta is cooked according to package directions, drain it and place in a large bowl with the black beans. Add enough of the green sauce to evenly coat the pasta and beans. Store the prepared pasta salad in the fridge for up to 1 week.
Tips for feeding babies:
- If your baby is under 18 months, thoroughly cook the spinach before blending.
- Be mindful of the size of pasta and beans you're using. You may want to slightly overcook the pasta.
- When introducing beans, mash them up with a fork for younger children.
