Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Garden Pesto Pasta Salad With Rotini
One of 155 pesto pasta recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 155 for brightness among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 40 cooks on www.thespruceeats.com rate it 4.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 155.
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Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 227 g | 8 ounces rotini pasta |
| 1/2 medium cucumber (peeled and diced) | |
| 1 cup diced and seeded tomato | |
| 71 g | 1 (2 1/2-ounce) can sliced ripe olives (drained) |
| 60 g | 1/2 red bell pepper (diced) |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup chopped celery |
| Optional: 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion | |
| 165 g | 3/4 cup mayonnaise |
| 2 tablespoons prepared pesto | |
| 31 g | 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste) |
| Optional: 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley |
Method: 9 steps, published by www.thespruceeats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made this for Lunch for my 7 year old son and 2 year old daughter. My daughter absolutley loved it. My son is extremely picky both at there moms and at my house. My son said he did like it but only had four bites so idk. Myself loved it!!!!!!” — a cook