Creamy Avocado Pesto Pasta With Blistered Tomatoes

Updated August 08, 2020

Creamy Avocado Pesto Pasta

Don’t you love comfort foods that are secretly healthy? That’s how this Creamy Avocado Pesto Pasta is. It gets a thick, creamy texture from avocado, and the addition of spinach brightens the color and ups the healthiness even more! This is a weeknight classic that your entire family will enjoy. Our boys love this pesto pasta and they have no idea it’s made with healthy avocado and spinach! YAY!

How to Make Avocado Pesto

Avocado is what makes this pesto super creamy, not heavy cream or butter. It gives you those healthy fats! I sneak in spinach too because adding more greens is always a good idea. This avocado pesto is so easy to make, it’s as easy as adding ingredients into your food processor or blender! To make the avocado pesto, you will need: ..and then just blend everything until it’s smooth!

Vegan Pesto Pasta

One simple swap turns this into a VEGAN Pesto Pasta! The secret? Use nutritional yeast instead of Parmesan. This keeps you from losing out on any amazing flavor while making a totally vegan dish. You can find nutritional yeast at most grocery stores now. I love it!

What Pasta is Best with Pesto?

Really, you can serve this with any kind of pasta you like best! I usually use Fusili since it has tiny ridges for the pesto to cling to, and you get more delicious flavor in every bite. Other pastas I love with pesto:

PenneMacaroniFarfalleOrecchietteRigatoniZucchini noodles or spaghetti squash for an all-veggie option!

How to Blister Tomatoes

I love slow roasted tomatoes, but sometimes I don’t have time for slow roasting. When I am short on time, I blister my tomatoes on the stove top. The flavor is fantastic and it only takes about 5 minutes! This simple step that adds a really great depth of flavor to this Avocado Pesto Pasta. Give it a try!

More Pasta Recipes:

If you love this Avocado Pesto Pasta, check out some of my other pasta dishes!

Pasta Primavera5-Ingredient Spinach Parmesan PastaSpinach Pistachio Pesto PastaPasta FagioliChicken Parmesan Baked PastaPasta PomodoroOne Pot Sausage Pasta