Soba Noodles w/ Parsley Pesto
Enjoy pesto? Try this parsley pesto recipe instead of traditional basil. It’s wonderful and fragrant on noodles or pasta.
Parsley Pesto Recipe with Soba Noodles
Margaret Roach walked away, and not for her morning hit of caffeine, but from a highly success career as Editorial Director in bustling New York City and traded it all for peace and solitude in the rural town of 300. She took the chance, and found the courage to take care of herself first and left it all for more time digging in the dirt, working in the garden and finding the tranquility that she craved so long for.
A Way to Garden Book
Margaret is a renaissance woman, an artist, a crafter, and gardener who has found her peace by doing everything that she loves and shares it on her New York Times award winning garden blog, A Way To Garden.
This book is the perfect feast for anyone looking to find inspiration and focus back in life. This parsley pesto recipe is inspired by Margaret, from one of her many valuable posts on cooking from the garden. Parsley is often overlooked when it comes to pesto. And reading her post was a such a refreshing change from basil pesto.
If you love pesto, you will love this parsley pesto recipe. It’s so simple, fresh and full of flavor, you won’t miss the basil at all. You can use any type of noodle or pasta that you prefer, but our choice was buckwheat soba noodles. With Spring approaching, it felt so appropriate to prepare the parsley pesto with something delicate and healthy to bring in the new, revitalizing weather.
Soba with Parsley Pesto Recipe
Ingredients
- 12 oz. dried Soba Noodles
- 3/4 cup roughly chopped Italian Parsley (flat leaf parsley)
- 2 Tablespoons Pine Nuts , toasted *see head note
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 1 Tablespoon fresh Lemon Juice
- 1/2 Tablespoon Sesame Oil
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons Soy Sauce
- 3 Tablespoons Grape Seed Oil , or other neutral tasting oil
Instructions
- Cook soba: Heat a large pot of water to a boil. Add soba noodles, stir as they soften, and bring water back up to a simmer (not a boil). Simmer for 6-7 minutes or according to package directions. Noodles should still have a slight firmness, and not be mushy.
- Strain soba and rinse well using the correct water temperature. *If serving warm, rinse under hot water, if serving soba at room temperature, rinse under cold water.
- While soba cooks, make parsley sauce. Combine parsley, pine nuts, garlic, lemon juice, sesame oil, soy sauce, and grape seed oil in a food processor (preferably in smaller bowl if possible) and blend ingredients together until smooth.
- Toss noodles with sauce and serve.
Nutrition Information per Serving
We have a traditional and easy basil pesto recipe here if you have an abundance of garden basil. It’s a great staple to have in the fridge. Try this pesto on our heirloom tomato tart recipe.
Very very nice!
Sounds like an amazing book, and the pesto looks amazing.
If I don’t win the book, I will checking it out from the library. Sounds great.
Margaret Roach is inspirational!
That is my dream…to leave it all and go work with the dirt and soil and grow my own vegetables and fruits.
This year my aunt and I are overhauling the garden with eye pleasing deer proof fencing and raised beds. This year we will actually be able to enjoy more of the literal fruits of our labor instead of sharing it with beasts of all kinds…..particularly the deer. Margaret’s blog and recipes will the marching song to get it done!
Thanks!
I am so looking forward to reading this book. Thanks for telling us about it.
I would love to win this book. It looks like something I need to read. Now back to work… ๐
Uplifting – food and beauty, following your dreams….ok, back to work! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love all of her tips and recipes!
Would love to win the book.
Great blog site!
I think I’ll make this recipe for lunch. What a perfect combo: Margaret Roach and White on Rice. Thank you both for the opportunity to win a copy of a wonderful book.
Sounds like a wonderful and interesting book. I sure want to know the details of her story in finding peace. Thank you for the giveaway!
Amy
http://utry.it
How I admire someone with such courage and strength to take such control over life.
I love soba! What a great looking dish. Must try it!
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE BASIL PESTO! I really like soba noodles and am excited to try parsley pesto. ps. I would love to read this memoir… even if I don’t win this giveaway ;0)
Sounds like a lovely book and looks like a delicious meal! : )