Lubav's green spaghetti from Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food (page 3) by Julia Turshen

  • basil
  • kale
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    See recipe for variations. Can substitute other pasta for whole wheat spaghetti pasta.

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    See recipe for variations. Can substitute other pasta for whole wheat spaghetti pasta.

  • bernalgirl on September 01, 2023

    This is easily my favorite of the green spaghetti series, the flavors are fresh and rounded with enough allium to keep things interesting. I added a good dash of chile but otherwise made as written and topped with additional feta.

  • MonicaMadeIt on March 10, 2022

    We used this recipe kind of as a jumping off point. We had a bag of frozen spinach so used that instead of fresh spinach and kale. Blended it up with the basil (used frozen) cheeses, olive oil, and pasta water. Unfortunately it was pretty watery so had to add more of the spinach and cheese. Also added juice of half a lemon because it needed some acid. Finally the sauce tasted good, but it was completely cold so had to microwave it to warm it up. Served with a sprinkle of salt and parmesan.

  • snoozermoose on December 04, 2021

    This felt like a blander version of a pesto. We kept adding more basil and feta to give it more flavor but it was still hard to taste anything. Not worthy of a repeat for me.

  • caitmcg on November 04, 2021

    I liked this alright as a pesto variation, but I would include more feta in the sauce, because its flavor didn’t really come through in the blended mixture and that pungency would be welcome. I only added about half a cup of water to begin with, and that made a mixture that was certainly loose enough for tossing with pasta.

  • Emily Hope on June 09, 2021

    This is... fine? I was expecting the sauce to be a bit more pasty (similar to other kale pesto recipes I've made) but it was quite liquid with the cup of boiling water added -- though that made it easy to mix with the pasta. I wanted more flavor, so added some pecorino to the sauce and some lemon juice, and more texture, so added chopped toasted walnuts (and more pecorino) on top. Not sure it will be a repeat, though leftovers were surprisingly good pan-fried in a skillet with an egg.

  • mnrickert on May 06, 2021

    Next time I'll easy more spinach and less kale as the kale flavor was a bit strong for my family.

  • Cheri on March 26, 2021

    This is easy, somewhat bitter.

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