I have been reminiscing about my stay at Tree of Life last spring and all the wonderful aspargus dishes we had. Here is my inspired dish. I hope you enjoy as much as we did.
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Ingredients

Pasta

4 Zucchinis, jullienned or spiralized

Pesto

1/2 lb fresh asparagus

1 large bunch of basil

1/4 cup of pinenuts

2 large garlic cloves

olive oil

Italian Sausage flavored Walnuts

2 cups soaked and dried walnuts

3 t paprika

1/2 t garlic powder

1 t sea salt

1/2 t fennel seed

1 t freshly ground black pepper

1/4 t crushed red pepper flakes

Recipe Directions

First lightly salt zucchini and set aside to soften.

Second in a food processor pulse pinenuts until finely ground then add asparagus and garlic. Pulse some more. Add basil last and enough olive oil to make a nice paste and pulse until totally combined.

Clean out food processor to start walnuts. Add soaked walnuts and all spices togather in food proccesor and pulse until you get a ground texture.

Drain any liquid off the zucchini and top with pesto and sprinkle with spiced walnuts. Enjoy!

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By karriej

I have been reminiscing about my stay at Tree of Life last spring and all the wonderful aspargus dishes we had. Here is my inspired dish. I hope you enjoy as much as we did.

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Mariposa

Oct 19, 2011

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This sounds delicious. I love the seasoning mix for sausages- fennel, garlic, red pepper... I'm excited to try.

emtpdmom

May 23, 2011

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The "Italian Sausage Flavored Walnuts" will be the result of combining the ingredients listed under that subtitle.

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shani76's Review

Asparagus Basil Pesto Pasta with Italian Sausage Seasoned Walnuts
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just tried this tonight and it was excellent. i like a cheesy taste in my pesto so i added nutritional yeast, and also a little sea salt. had it with kelp noodles instead of zucchini. i LOVE the sausage! thank you so much for the recipe. delicious.

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Mariposa

Oct 19, 2011

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This sounds delicious. I love the seasoning mix for sausages- fennel, garlic, red pepper... I'm excited to try.

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Aug 05, 2011

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shani76's Review

Asparagus Basil Pesto Pasta with Italian Sausage Seasoned Walnuts
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just tried this tonight and it was excellent. i like a cheesy taste in my pesto so i added nutritional yeast, and also a little sea salt. had it with kelp noodles instead of zucchini. i LOVE the sausage! thank you so much for the recipe. delicious.

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emilyjayne

Jun 15, 2011

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Looks amazing. I cant' wait to try!

emtpdmom

May 23, 2011

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The "Italian Sausage Flavored Walnuts" will be the result of combining the ingredients listed under that subtitle.

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kyannie

May 23, 2011

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I am new to raw foods. Where can I get sausage flavored walnuts. I appreciate any advice you'd like to share.

sv3

May 21, 2011

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This sounds lovely, I've recently discovered just how nice zucchini pasta is and really like asparagus so will have to try this soon. Thanks!

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