This is literally spring on a plate. I am so in love with all the fresh, seasonal produces that I decided to put them all together in this recipe for an explosion of spring flavours.

Wild garlic is definitely a game changer as it has a much sweeter and subtle taste compared to normal one. Is definitely worth to go the extra mile and try to find it but if you can’t find it just use 1 clove of regular garlic and add more basil leaves.

Ingredients:

A bunch of wild garlic (leaves & flowers)

¾ cup of cashew (you can use pine nuts as well)

A generous handful of fresh basil leaves

1 cup of chopped watercress

2 tablespoons of olive oil

The juice of 1 lemon (use half if you don’t like too lemony)

1 tablespoon of Love Raw Simple Greens

2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast

Salt & pepper to taste

Pasta of your choice (I have used brown rice spaghetti)

To sprinkle on top: fresh chives

Place the cashew in the food processor and blitz until you have a coarse mixture. Add all the other ingredients and blitz again for at least 1 minute until you have a creamy consistency. If you find the pesto too thick add a splash of water or more olive oil.

Cook the pasta of your choice according to the cooking instructions. Mix about 2 tablespoon of pesto in each plate and sprinkle with the fresh chopped chives.

Store the leftover pesto in a jar in the fridge for few days.