Recipe: Butter Bean and Spinach Pesto Salad
Super-quick and easy; this butter bean salad is a summer saviour
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If the sunshine has you craving fresh and healthy salads, this butter bean and spinach pesto salad is just the ticket. The Detox Kitchen opens its recipe book to bring us a quick and easy salad recipe that’s great for lunch boxes and English garden summer parties.
Butter Bean and Spinach Pesto Salad Recipe
Ingredients
For the pesto
- 1 handful cashew nuts
- ½ small bunch basil
- 2 handfuls spinach
- 1 tsp. rapeseed oil
- 1 tbsp. water
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 pinch cracked black pepper
For the salad
- 200g butterbeans, drained
- 2 handfuls spinach, roughly chopped
- 5 radishes, cut into quarters
Method
- To make the pesto, place all the ingredients in a small food processor and blitz to create a coarse texture. You can make a larger batch of the pesto by simply multiplying the ingredients; the pesto will keep in the fridge for up to 5 days.
- Tip the butterbeans into a large mixing bowl, add in the pesto and combine so that the beans are totally covered. Now add in the spinach and radishes and combine.
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