Whole Wheat Pasta with Pesto Veggie Sauce | VegWeb.com, The World's Largest Collection of Vegetarian

Ingredients

• whole wheat pasta noodles
• a little under 1/2 cup dried basil
• 3 tablespoons pine nuts (you can use walnuts if you don't have pine nuts)
• 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 can artichoke hearts
• 1 can chopped tomatoes (1 can=15 ounces)
• 1 package unflavored soy tempeh
• 8-10 stalks asparagus