Roasted Broccoli Pasta Salad with Hemp Pesto (V/GF)

I made this for the first time tonight with my kids who are 11 and 8 years old and it was a huge hit! I didn’t add the red pepper flakes or nut cheese because honestly it didn’t need it. This meal has so much flavor and I loved the addition of the broccoli. Will definitely make this one again!

Love this recipe!

Delicious and simple meal! I modified the recipe a bit. Used fresh cherry tomatoes instead of sun dried (I don’t really like the taste of sun dried tomatoes), added chopped canned artichokes, and added chopped roasted red peppers (jar from Trader Joes). Next time I want to try pomodoraccio tomatoes (preserved in a glass jar) which are super delicious if I can find them locally.

I can’t even begin to describe how amazing this is. The first time I made it, I kept coming back for more and basically inhaled it. I liked it so much I made more 2 days later. And I made it again not long ago. If you make this, be forewarned that you will need to make a lot of it, because you will want to keep eating it–it’s that good! Something about the combination of roasted broccoli, pesto, and sundried tomatoes with pasta is just magic. I also made the cheese to go with it and highly recommend! This is my new favorite dish for sure.

This is one of my go to meal prep dishes. Its so simple to make, minimal ingredients, but it has a HUGE flavor and is super filling.

I’ve made this numerous times, and it’s always a hit with vegans and meat eaters alike! Great to bring to potlucks or for lunches.

I decided to make something new & fresh, the picture was all I needed to say “That’s the one”. I went out got all I needed (which wasn’t much) and to the kitchen I went. I didn’t have hempseed so I used pine nuts instead. I also blended some of the sun-dried tomatoes into the pesto. Everything came out AMAZING 🤩. Thank you so much for this meal. Can’t wait to make the Peaches and cream overnight oats.

Delicious!! One of my favorites!

It was a hot 30 C day today, I wasn’t turning on the oven, so I grilled the broccoli! I never have such large quantities of basil on hand, so I often cheat when making pesto. I use whatever green I do have (tonight it was bok choi) and add basil oil for the flavour. Hemp seeds was a nice addition over pine nuts. My family enjoyed this pasta very much.

I make this almost every week now! Sooooo good. Very flavorful and filling.

This is one of my family’s favorite meals! It seriously has the best combination of flavors. For a lower fat version, I leave out all oil and replace the hemp seeds in the pesto with lite silken tofu.

Delicious! I used regular wheat pasta (penne), no nut cheese, and I loosely measured the garlic to the recommended ~2 Tbsp since my 4 cloves were pretty mini. So easy and quick with multitasking. I made it to bring for lunch at work, but could not stop snacking on it before I finished packing it away!

So delicious and easy to make!

Such a great recipe! I left out a little of the oil because I like a thicker pesto, but I followed the rest of the recipe exactly and it turned out great. I also served with a little of her vegan parmesan on top for some extra crunch and nuttiness!

This was very delicious and easy to make! Great hot or cold (I ate it cold most of the time because of the LA heat). Definitely adding it as a staple in my rotation of meals.

this dish fulfilled my pasta craving without the guilt thanks to all the beautiful greens! added some peas, and fresh parm instead of nutritional yeast, super creamy pesto with a hint of lemon, exactly what I was hoping for!

Love this one! I realized I have been making this with almost a whole box of rotini (16 oz)! Instead of just 1 1/2 cups. And honestly, the recipe still works and tastes amazing with just shy of a pound of pasta. Just FYI for those who also hate to only use a partial box of pasta.

This was awesome! I used chickpea rotini and made the nut cheese with cashews. Another MB recipe to add to my favorites :)

This was a great vegan pesto. I used pine nuts because I had them on hand but I’m curious about the hemp because that would really make for a healthy fat profile. I’ll be returning to this recipe as basil season continues.

LOVE this meal! Going to be a repeat in my house!

Another fabulous recipe, Dana! We did not make the nut cheese. The pesto is over the top delicious!!! The roasted broccoli is my new favorite way to fix broccoli😍. Thank you!

So, so delicious! I subbed half of the oil for water, and it worked really well. I didn’t have any fresh garlic on me, so I use granulated garlic and again, it was still so delicious :) Thank you so much for sharing such easy, delicious, healthy AND adaptable recipes. You are so generous and your recipes have been a game changer for me. FIVE BIG STARS!!

This was amazing, tasted great hot or cold. I used sightly less sun dried tomatoes since I didnt have enough and it still turned out amazing. Will use the pesto again in other dishes

Super good recipe, full of flavour and just so delicious! One thing I noticed though was that it did not make as much as it said. I did a half batch, which would make four 1 cup servings according to the recipe, but I had about 1 cup of the pesto. So just keep that in mind if you plan on making it. I still highly recommend!

Made this tonight with the modifications: pine nuts instead of hemp seeds, I ran out of basil so used 1 cup plus 1 heaping tablespoon of dried basil. It was DELICIOUS! So good, my husband and I both loved it. Filling, easy, and light. We actually had more pesto then we needed because it was really strong (possibly because we didn’t’ have enough basil) so that was a plus.

Incredibly easy and incredibly delicious! I loved how the consistency of the pesto turned out – I will definitly be experimenting with hemp seeds in future pestos. The pasta was even better the next day, the noodles absorbed all the goodness and the pesto got into the all nooks of the broccoli. I only had spaghetti on hand, but I am looking forward to making this again with either fusilli or conchiglie !

YUM! I made this once and it was so good that I went back to the store and bought double the ingredients so I could eat this all week. THANK YOU FOR THIS!

Delicious – did not change a thing. My 2 and 4 year old devoured it.

Just made this and it was incredibly delicious and incredibly easy!! Made enough for my lunch with enough left over for lunch tmrw! I’m gonna have to buy my own basil plant so i can start making this all the time (its so expensive from the store :( ).

Delicious and easy recipe!! Make it with whatever veggies you want. I had asparagus and broccoli and just steamed them because I was short on time. The kids and I loved it so much!

This recipe was delicious and so easy to make! Sometimes it’s a little difficult to convince my boyfriend to eat vegan meals, but even he devoured this recipe. We’ll be making this one again very soon!

This is one of most favorite recipes I’ve found this year! We eat it at least once a week! So good.

This was very tasty and simple to make. Thank you. Husband and kid approved as well.

This was great and so easy!! I doubled the recipe and it was gone, fast. My boyfriend demolished the leftovers before I could. This recipe is going into the regular rotation.

This is pretty much what I crave all the time! It’s so good.
Basil dislikes me, so I substituted 2c basil for 2c kale and it was delightful and I like how nutritious it makes this.
I make this with homemade pasta and store bought tri colour veggie pasta and it’s delicious no matter what.

Delicious recipe!
I found it a little too garlicky so i’d use small cloves or 1-2 bigger ones , but other than that, it was a success!

My boyfriend said this might be the “best thing he’s ever had” and that’s really saying something!!

It’s so deceiving you good!

I added more lemon juice and a bit of pasta water to make it easier to mix in the pesto. I also did half pine nuts and half hemp! So glorious and healthy.

I suspect your site will become my version of ‘Julie & Julia’

I made this tonight without any substitutions and it was fantastic! Never made pesto before and even my husband who is an amazing cook and cooks almost every day, was impressed. Currently he and I are on different culinary paths- he is all pork belly and steak and I’m not- so I was actively looking for easy, healthy dishes that I could make on my own.

Glad to have found you. I’ll tag and post my pictures.

Bonnie

My husband and I made this last night and couldn’t stop talking about how delicious it was. The fresh pesto is so flavorful and amazing! We used fresh made pasta from the farmers market and it complemented this recipe really well. Can’t wait for the leftovers today! Thank you for always having such delicious recipes on your blog. I started visiting your site when I was trying to learn to cook more things and now most things I make are your recipes.

Left out the nutritional yeast and this turned out AMAZING. I could see this being good hot or cold! Thanks for another great recipe!

Wow! Loved it and so filling. I used edamame pasta (for the first time) which as really tasty and my meat eating husband said he loved it…..happy days :0)
Thanks Dana, loving every recipe of yours I have made ?

Excellent! Halved the recipe first time because i didn’t know if my family would like it. Well it was a hit. Will make a full batch next time. Delicious!

This was so delicious! I served the roasted broccoli and pesto with some quinoa instead of pasta (because I had leftovers to use up) and wilted some spinach through it. The pesto is soooo good and the sun-dried tomatoes add a lovely kick. Sprinkled some of your vegan parmesan on top too. Can’t wait to do it all again tomorrow but with brown rice pasta! Thank you for sharing.

I realized last minute I didn’t have nutritional yeast. It was still delicious. I used less garlic, like half a clove. We ate it warm as a meal but excited to eat the leftovers cold tomorrow. Thanks for inspiring me to make something besides tacos for dinner.

You outdid yourself. Best pasta dish ever! Used extra basil & nutritional yeast for sauce. Sooo yummy!

This has to be the easiest pesto meal to make! So if you’re thinking about it, don’t think just DO IT? Love that it is packed with flavor and nutrients. the addition of sun dried tomatoes ties it together, also I didn’t use much oil, mostly water and it turned out YUMMY!!

I made this for dinner last night and loved it!! Hands down best pesto recipe ever! You can’t even tell it’s vegan!

Saw this on Instagram in the morning, headed to the kitchen to make it that evening. Pesto, broccoli and pasta are three of the best things in the world so I knew this would be good! I made my pesto with pine nuts and also skipped the tomatoes and cheese. It turned out great! Adding a generous sprinkle of chilli pulls the whole thing together. A great work lunch box.