Tonight, I decided to do things a little differently. Hubby and I are big smoothie lovers and I realized I’ve never featured any on my Meatless Monday posts. I decided to make pesto for the first time, too. I definitely had become a little too dependent on tomato and vegan Alfredo sauces so it was time to change things up. I got the recipe from greenevi.com and the Honeydew and Lime Smoothie was inspired by a YouTube video from Health with Kisha. I don’t remember her exact recipe but I remembered Honeydew melon and limes and I figured I could adjust according to my own taste.
We used a container of honeydew that was 1.17 lbs, the juice of 3 limes and blended it with ice.
Here’s Hubby hard at work juicing the limes for me:
We used organic red lentil penne pasta for our vegan pesto pasta. We love the Explore Cuisine brand for red lentil and black bean spaghetti.
Here’s the recipe:
- Pasta of your choice
- 1 cup of cherry tomatoes
- ¼ cup of pine nuts
- 1 cup of fresh basil (tightly packed)
- 1 clove of garlic
- ¼ cup of olive oil
- 1-3 tbsp nutritional yeast
- salt, pepper
- ½ lemon (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Prepare your pasta according to package instructions.
- Meanwhile roast pine nuts in a skillet until lightly toasted.
- Add basil, garlic, toasted pine nuts, nutritional yeast, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper to a food processor and blend until smooth. Mix pesto into pasta and add cherry tomatoes. Enjoy!


Hubby has already said he wants to me cook everything again next week. I fell in love, too. The honeydew and lime smoothie was incredibly refreshing. I can see making that regularly especially when summer hits.
Let me know in the comments if there are any new plant-based recipes you have tried or want to try.
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This vegan pesto pasta was VERY GOOD AND SCRUMMMMMPTOUS…The smoothie was awesome, oy my goodness. ..
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Thank you! I’ll make it again soon.
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