Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Italian Pasta Salad

One of 155 pesto pasta recipes we measured

Italian Pasta Salad

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★.

hands-on20m
waiting10 min
makes8
each$0.42
kcal192
levelbeginner
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The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 155.

this recipe typical

Where it stands out

  • #1 of 155 for brightness
  • #1 of 155 for noodle texture
  • #1 of 155 for saltiness
  • #1 of 155 for sauce cling

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

227 g8 ounces uncooked whole wheat rotini (fusilli, or similar pasta)
136 g1 1/2 cups broccoli florets (cut into bite-sized pieces)
242 g1 cup cherry tomatoes (halved (or grape tomatoes))
120 g1 small orange or yellow bell pepper (cored and diced (or yellow bell pepper))
1/3 cup sliced turkey pepperoni (quartered)
40 g1/4 cup diced red onion (about 1/2 a small onion)
71 g2.5 ounces sliced black olives (rinsed and drained (1 small can))
56 g1/2 cup reduced-fat crumbled feta cheese
19 g3 tablespoons fresh parsley (chopped)
1 small ripe tomato (cut in half)
15 g1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
15 g1 tablespoon non-fat plain Greek yogurt
14 g1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
9 g2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
7 g1 teaspoon honey
1 g1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1 g1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
0 g1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
0 g1/4 teaspoon dried basil
0 g1/8 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★
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