Author Notes
This salad screams summertime! Fresh summer squash noodles are paired with juicy yellow peaches, sugar-sweet cherry tomatoes, and tossed in a bold pesto sauce. —Lisa @ Healthy Nibbles & Bits
Ingredients
- Pesto Sauce
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1
large bunch of fresh basil, leaves picked and rinsed
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1 1/2 tablespoons
olive oil
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1 1/2 tablespoons
nutritional yeast (or sub with parmesan cheese)
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1 tablespoon
lemon juice
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2 teaspoons
miso paste
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1 teaspoon
salt
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2
cloves garlic, peeled
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1/4 cup
walnuts
- Salad
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2
large summer squash (~17.5 ounces total)
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1
large yellow peach, peeled and diced
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1 cup
cherry tomatoes
Directions
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In a food processor, blend the basil, oil, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, miso paste, salt, garlic, and walnuts together until smooth. Set aside.
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Spiralize the squash using Blade B. Once the squash has been spiralized, I like to give all the noodles several rough chops so that they're easy to eat (otherwise, the noodles are too long). Chop up the parts of the squash that did not get spiralized and add them to the salad. If you do not have a spiralizer, create vegetable noodles with a julienne peeler or vegetable ribbons with a regular peeler.
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In a large bowl, toss the noodles, diced peaches, cherry tomatoes, and 1/3 to 1/2 cup of the pesto sauce together.
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Store the unused pesto and leftover salad in separate containers and refrigerate.
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