Vegan MoFo Day 18: Parsley Pesto & a Magic Bullet Scare

Another weird day in cleanseland wherein I wasn't at all hungry until the afternoon, when I finally finished the last bit of green apple with almond butter.  Yep, still gross; I won't be buying these again.

Due to a subsequent combination of minor nausea and lack of hunger, that was all I needed until dinner-  when I revisited the spiralizer!  In anticipation of the lentil walnut pate, I'd overbought parsley.  I picked some up from the supermarket and then came across an infinitely superior bunch at the health food store that I couldn't pass up.  Bet you can't tell which is which:

With all that parsley to use up and itching to resume spiralizing, I googled parsley pesto and was happy to see that it does in fact exist.  I threw together this recipe for 5 medium sized zucchini:

2 cups parsley leaves
4 tbsp lemon juice
10 tbsp water
2 garlic cloves
2 tbsp EVOO
1/2 cup toasted almonds (I reserve pine nuts for pignoli cookies)
1 tbsp nooch
1 tsp sea salt 

There was a bit of a scare with my Magic Bullet when it began to sound strained, but then it powered back up again.  This has happened every once in a while for the last couple of years, so much so that I have a brand new back up at the ready just in case; I don't want to find myself Magic Bullet-less.  And then it really sputtered and...stopped.  I thought that was it.  When I removed the large cup I realized that one of the tabs had broken off, rendering it incapable of the the tri-pressure necessary to power the bullet.  Gasp!

No worries, I simply transferred the contents to a mug and was on my way.  My Magic Bullet is about 15 years old and still going strong.  Parsley Pesto:

More zucchini spiralizing:

Building the main event course, zucchini spaghetti:

...with pesto:

...garnished with diced tomatoes and red onion:

The spiralizer just doesn't get old; the dinner was great.  

But I did have my eye on this treat.  In the save pile!