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Frankenstein Pesto Pasta

5 from 4 votes
Delicious homemade pesto made with spinach! Super easy to make and kids will love creating their own Frankenstein pasta faces with their pasta, cucumbers, olives and fresh mozzarella cheese!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Servings: 6 Servings
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

Spinach Pesto
  • 2 C Spinach or a mix of spinach and basil
  • 1/3 C Sunflower Seeds or Pine nuts
  • 1/3 c parmesan cheese
  • 2 Cloves Garlic
  • 1 tbsp lemon
  • Salt and Pepper To taste
  • 1/3 C Olive Oil
Pasta
  • 16 ounces Rontini Pasta (cook according to directions)
To create Frankenstein Face
  • 1 English Cucumber
  • 4 oz Fresh Mozzarella sliced into circles
  • 1 can black olives
  • 1 red pepper Cut into small pieces for snake tongue

Equipment

  • Pot with strainer
  • Cuisinart

Method
 

Pesto
  1. Add basil, sunflower seeds or pine nuts, parmesan cheese, garlic, lemon juice, and salt & pepper to taste to a cuisinart food processor.
    Pulse until combined.
    Slowly drizzle the olive oil into the food processor tube until a sauce forms.
    You can add more olive oil or less depending on desired consistency
    Pour on pasta and toss.
Pasta
  1. Follow directions on box to cook the pasta
Create Frankenstein Face
  1. Cut cucumber in half. Peel and chop one half to be used in the pasta dish
    For the other half create the Frankenstein bolts.
    Cut small pieces of red pepper into long skinny tongues.
    Cut olive pieces into small pieces for eyes
    Place two slices of mozzarella on the pasta for eyes and olive slices for the pupils.
    Take olives and create Frankenstein hair, one olive for nose and a few for a smile.