Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Italian Pasta Salad
One of 155 pesto pasta recipes we measured
from www.wellplated.com
It ranks #1 of 155 for brightness among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 49 cooks on www.wellplated.com rate it 4.9★.
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: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 227 g | 8 ounces uncooked whole wheat rotini (fusilli, or similar pasta) |
| 136 g | 1 1/2 cups broccoli florets (cut into bite-sized pieces) |
| 242 g | 1 cup cherry tomatoes (halved (or grape tomatoes)) |
| 120 g | 1 small orange or yellow bell pepper (cored and diced (or yellow bell pepper)) |
| 1/3 cup sliced turkey pepperoni (quartered) | |
| 40 g | 1/4 cup diced red onion (about 1/2 a small onion) |
| 71 g | 2.5 ounces sliced black olives (rinsed and drained (1 small can)) |
| 56 g | 1/2 cup reduced-fat crumbled feta cheese |
| 19 g | 3 tablespoons fresh parsley (chopped) |
| 1 small ripe tomato (cut in half) | |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon non-fat plain Greek yogurt |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard |
| 7 g | 1 teaspoon honey |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt |
| 0 g | 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano |
| 0 g | 1/4 teaspoon dried basil |
| 0 g | 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.wellplated.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Hi Nancy! I stopped including sodium info because it can vary so much depending upon what products you used, and I found a lot of conflicting info online, so ultimately I didn’t feel comfortable publishing it because sometimes it wasn’t even in the ballpark. I” — a cook
“Really good wholesome pasta salad. I made for my son to take for school lunches keeping the dressing separate until just before school. I was surprised how much he loved it as he is usually skeptical of too many veggies on one plate. I am really enjoying this ” — a cook, 5★