Quick Vegan Kale Pesto Pasta Recipe | Easy Plant-based Pasta

Ingredients

• 1 large bunch of kale, any variety, roughly chopped (cavolo nero is also great)
• 1 large shallot/ white onion, finely chopped
• 6 cloves of garlic: 4 crushed or finely chopped, 2 thinly sliced
• 2–4 tbsp olive oil
• 2–4 tbsp nutritional yeast
• 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 4 tbsp white wine
• 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
• 1 lemon, juiced, plus a dash of zest
• salt and pepper
• Approx. 340g dried pasta of choice (penne, macaroni, rigatoni, cannelloni, fusilli, etc.)
• 200g mushrooms, sliced thin