Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, pesto pasta salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Pesto pasta salad is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Pesto pasta salad is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pesto pasta salad using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Pesto pasta salad:
- Make ready 1/2 lb pasta
- Get 3/4 cup prepared pesto
- Prepare 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- Make ready 1 cup chopped/crumbled feta
- Take 1/4 cup crasins
- Get 1/2 cup chopped broccoli
- Take 1/2 cup almonds toasted
- Prepare 1 optional-roasted chicken for the must eat meat folks
Adding an easy homemade pesto to pasta salad elevates it to much more than a picnic or barbecue side. Pasta salads can be served as a main dish with a side of grilled corn on the cob and fresh fruit, or as side dish served with something off the grill. Classic pasta salad made with creamy pesto dressing and roasted tomatoes. The perfect quick + easy side dish.
Steps to make Pesto pasta salad:
- Cook pasta. Best options include bowtie but anything works from orzo to elbow
- Chop onion and broccoli add to bowl
- Add feta and crasins
- Add pesto and hot pasta mix well adding a bit more pesto to taste.
- Serve warm add toasted almonds to each serving
- If you must roasted chicken can be added for meat eaters.
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