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.
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.
The Recipe
Pesto Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 lb pasta
- 1 – 14 oz can tomatoes with green chilies
Pesto
- 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
Instructions
- 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!
Noodles.
Plated.
Serve and enjoy!
Responses
comments – I answer every one.
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.