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Sweet Potato Gnocchi With Pumpkin Seed Pesto

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Sweet Potato Gnocchi With Pumpkin Seed Pesto

This is a perfect quick mid week meal that the whole family can enjoy. I love adding pesto and fresh spinach to mine!

Ingredients

1 sweet potato

1/2 cup chickpea flour

salt & pepper

1 tsp baking powder

Pesto

! cup fresh basil

1/4 cup pumpkin seeds

1 tbsp nutritional yeast

1 tsp olive oil

1/2 fresh lemon juice

Method

  1. Steam the sweet potato until soft. Mash with a fork and add in the flour, seasoning and baking powder.  Leave to one side in the fridge for 10-15 minutes.

  2. Then form into small nugget shapes. Lightly fry in coconut oil until crispy on the outside.

  3. For the pesto, throw all the ingredients into a blend and pulse a few times.

  4. Add 1 large tbsp. of pesto towards the end of frying the gnocchi and a handful of spinach.

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