Many of my posts have been telling you that I owed that particular post to my daughter. If ever there were a post I should credit to my daughter it would be pesto pasta. She loves pesto and would eat this recipe all day long. Guess what? She is off at college and I decided I would make pesto and make a pesto pasta. Sorry Molly. Challenge for me is that I did not think I like pesto. I loved it.
Pesto Pasta
This pesto pasta is 4 ingredients if you buy store bought pesto. I made my pesto and it has 5 ingredients (I don’t like pine nuts so I do not add them to the recipe). So my ingredients were the pasta, pesto, can of tomatoes with green chilies and noodles. How easy it that? Result is that I absolutely loved it. So fresh or as the say on the cooking shows, herbaceous. Can’t wait for Molly to come home so we can have this together.
- 1 lb pasta
- 1 - 14 oz can tomatoes with green chilies
- 1 1/2 cups of basil
- 4 -5 garlic cloves (use less if you do not like garlic)
- 1/4 cup Parmesan
- 1/8 cup lemon juice
- 1/8 cup olive oil
- Place the pasta into 4 - 5 quarts of boiling water and cook for 6 - 8 minutes. Until al dente as they say.
- Drain and place into a big bowl.
- Pour the pesto (see previous recipe link for directions) and can of tomatoes with green chilies on to the pasta and mix well.
- Serve and enjoy!
Pesto
Noodles.
Pasta Noodles
Plated.
Serve and enjoy!
One of my favourite meals – simple and delicious. I much prefer this over red sauce. YUM!
It took me a while but I now love a pesto sauce.
I was just thinking of making a pesto pasta tomorrow!! This sounds amazing! I can’t wait to try it 🙂
I hope you do and hope it is wonderful.
I’ll take a big bowl please! Pesto is one of my favorite things.
Give me notice so I can make a big batch for you.
I like the idea of using the tomatoes with green chiles – I enjoy food with a little spicy kick. Looks lovely.
I have to have my kick but I try not to overdo it.
Yummy! This is my kind of meal. Pesto a favourite. We grow a lot of basil each summer and try to make enough pesto to last through the winter.
How do you store your basil then? Freeze it in individual bags?
I love simple pasta dishes like this. It never ceases to amaze me how a few ingredients can make such a classy classic meal. Now where is the bottle of wine.
This is one great looking bowl of pasta!! This recipe is really fantastic. I love quick and easy, and your pesto recipe sounds lovely.
What a lovely dish. I love how lightly you dressed the pasta. I think some people tend to overdo the pesto and it makes the dish too rich.
That’s funny because I thought I put a lot on. I liked it so much I would have added more and more pesto if I had it.
What a delightful looking bowl of pasta! And your pesto is undoubtedly delicious!
Thank you Linda. Pesto is so easy to make. It can be whipped up in no time.