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About Recipe

I swear, the mint plant in my ‘herb garden’ went from winter hibernation to full-on crazy steroid-like production in the matter of a few days. It was out of the need to ‘tame the mint’ that this recipe was born. The recipe further developed when my daughter, who runs some grocery shopping errands for me, came home with some great looking zucchini. She loves zucchini, especially when we ‘spiralize‘ them into zucchini noodles. It was recipe kismet.

Ingredients

3 large zucchini 12 asparagus stems, cut in half Handful of pea shoots or bean sprouts 1-2 TB olive oil Shaved Parmesan cheese, optional For the Mint Pesto 1 1/2 cup mint 1/2 cup parsley 1/2 cup slivered almonds, chopped walnuts or pine nuts 1 TB lemon juice 1 tsp lemon peel 2 garlic cloves pinch of salt 1/2 cup oil

Cooking Procedure

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n n Instructionsn n n Normally, I toss my spiralized zucchini noodles with a little salt in a colander and let them drain for about 1/2 hour to help them release some of their water. In this recipe, I think the fluid from the zucchini noodles actually helps the pesto blend better with the noodles. Your choice.n n Heat oil in a 12-14 inch pan and add zucchini.n n Saute until cooked, but not mushy.n n While zucchini is cooking, steam asparagus until just tendern n Mix pesto in with zucchini noodlesn n Once mixed, add asparagus.n n Serve with pea shoots or bean sprouts and optional Parmesan cheese on top.n nnn n For the Peston n n Put all ingredients through the salt in the bowl of a food processor and blend until finely chopped. With processor going, add oil in a fine stream until well blended, but with some flecks of mint and parsley still showing.n nnn  n

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