Broccoli & Parsley Pasta

Got your dinner sorted tonight! This is a super tasty, zesty pasta dish that is super quick to whip up! Gluten-free, dairy-free and plant-based 🙂

Ingredients:

• 2 brown onions, finely sliced
• 2 large heads of broccoli, cut into florets, stalk chopped
• 1 bunch parsley
• 60 ml extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for cooking
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• sea salt and white pepper, to taste
• 60g walnuts chopped
• 300g gluten-free pasta
• 1 avocado, mashed

Instructions:

1. Add a generous drizzle of olive oil and a pinch of salt to a large pan.
2. Fry the onions for 15 minutes until golden.
3. Boil a large pot of water and add a pinch of sea salt
4. Add the broccoli and cook for 5 minutes, then remove with a slotted spoon into a bowl. Place ¾ broccoli into a food processor along with the parsley, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Blend until combined, adding a little more olive oil or water if needed. I also love to add a few tablespoons of walnuts, which makes this pesto extra delicious.
5. Cook the pasta until al dente, then strain, reserving 1 cup of the pasta cooking water.
6. Combine the broccoli florets, pesto, half of the water, drained pasta, and walnuts. Heat through, tossing the ingredients together.
7. Add the mashed avocado and toss through until emulsified. Taste and adjust seasoning if required.

Approved Diets: Adrenal Diet, Diary-Free, Gluten-Free

Filipa Bellette is Co-Founder of Chris & Filly Functional Medicine. She is an accredited Clinical Nutritionist & Functional Medicine Practitioner. She is also a Ph.D. thought-leader, award-winning writer, and regularly published as a guest blogger & in the media. Together with her husband Chris Bellette, Filipa has worked with over 2,000+ busy, burnout clients in the last 10+ years, and specialises in producing healthy, balanced, and happy Mums & Dads…or as she calls it, a Power Parent! Filipa’s own passion for producing high-performance Power Parents came from her own personal experience of Mummy Burnout, after having babies and juggling the demands of business, family, and her failing health.