{"id":51598,"date":"2026-07-10T14:13:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alternatievemiddelen.nl\/?page_id=51598"},"modified":"2026-07-16T14:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:54:43","slug":"green-pasta-with-pesto-and-meatballs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alternatievemiddelen.nl\/en\/green-pasta-pesto-met-balletjes\/","title":{"rendered":"Green pasta with pesto and meatballs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"51598\" class=\"elementor elementor-51598\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17c55ec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"17c55ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-992e2fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"992e2fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Green pasta with pesto and meatballs<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-946396d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"946396d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bb450f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8bb450f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7373b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7373b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Do you ever wonder how you can incorporate (even) more vegetables into your meals? Have you ever thought of blending them into a delicious vegetable pesto to serve with pasta? This pesto is so quick and easy to make. You can use any leftover vegetables from the day before to make this pesto. Serve with a little <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatievemiddelen.nl\/en\/products\/tr-eat-penne-tricolore-pasta-250gr\/\">Penne Tricolore<\/a>, which also contains spinach and beetroot. A lovely variety on your plate!<\/p><h3><strong>Recipe:<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"tr-wrapper\"><div class=\"tr-recipe-detail__recipe me-wysiwyg\"><p><strong>Serves 4<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>This dish can be served with either\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatievemiddelen.nl\/en\/products\/tr-eat-penne-tricolore-pasta-250gr\/\"><strong>Penne Tricolore<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0as with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatievemiddelen.nl\/en\/products\/tr-eat-fusilli-pasta-250gr\/\"><strong>Fusilli<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to be served<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>For the meatballs:<\/p><ul><li>400 to 450 g minced chicken<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>For the pasta sauce:<\/p><ul><li>1 onion<\/li><li>1 to 2 cloves of garlic<\/li><li>1 small broccoli<\/li><li>50 g shelled pistachios<\/li><li>1 handful of baby spinach<\/li><li>1 handful of fresh basil leaves<\/li><li>juice of half a lemon<\/li><li>1 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes (optional)<\/li><li>pepper, salt &amp; nutmeg<\/li><li>30 ml olive oil<\/li><li>50 ml plant-based milk<\/li><li>200 ml chicken or vegetable stock<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Shape the minced meat into balls. Fry them until golden brown in a pan with a little fat.<\/p><p>Cook the pasta in lightly salted, boiling water for 5 minutes. Then rinse briefly and set aside. Set aside a few broccoli florets for garnishing.<\/p><p>Steam or blanch the broccoli florets together with the onion until al dente. If you don\u2019t like raw garlic, you can blanch the garlic cloves at the same time.<\/p><p>Blend the steamed broccoli, onion, garlic, pistachios, spinach and basil together with the juice of half a lemon, a little plant-based milk, olive oil and nutritional yeast (optional) until smooth. Add a little stock until you achieve the desired consistency for the pesto sauce.<\/p><p>Heat the pesto sauce in a pan, then add the pasta. Add the rest of the broccoli, along with a few spinach and basil leaves. Serve warm with a few chicken meatballs and finish with a few drops of olive oil.<\/p><p><strong>Enjoy!<\/strong><\/p><p>Tip: instead of chicken or vegetable stock, you can also use the cooking liquid from the broccoli.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17c41de e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"17c41de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af435d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"af435d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternatievemiddelen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Green-pasta-pesto-met-balletjes.jpg.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-51600\" alt=\"Green pasta with pesto and meatballs\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alternatievemiddelen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Green-pasta-pesto-met-balletjes.jpg.webp 810w, https:\/\/www.alternatievemiddelen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Green-pasta-pesto-met-balletjes.jpg-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/www.alternatievemiddelen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Green-pasta-pesto-met-balletjes.jpg-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.alternatievemiddelen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Green-pasta-pesto-met-balletjes.jpg-600x800.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green pasta pesto met balletjes Vraag jij je wel eens af hoe je (nog) meer groenten in je maaltijd kan verwerken? Al eens gedacht om deze te blenden tot een overheerlijke groentenpesto voor bij de pasta? Deze pesto is zo eenvoudig en snel klaar te maken. Je kan alle overgebleven groentjes van de dag voordien [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":51600,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51598","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Green pasta pesto met balletjes - Alternatievemiddelen.nl<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatievemiddelen.nl\/en\/green-pasta-with-pesto-and-meatballs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Green pasta pesto met balletjes - Alternatievemiddelen.nl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Green pasta pesto met balletjes Vraag jij je wel eens af hoe je (nog) meer groenten in je maaltijd kan verwerken? 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