Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Pasta Salad
One of 155 pesto pasta recipes we measured
from www.tasteofhome.com
It ranks #1 of 155 for brightness among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 2 cooks on www.tasteofhome.com rate it 5.0★.
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: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 454 g | 1 package (16 ounces) uncooked spiral pasta |
| 182 g | 2 cups fresh broccoli florets |
| 484 g | 1 pint grape tomatoes |
| 1 medium cucumber, quartered lengthwise and sliced | |
| 2 g | 1 medium sweet orange or yellow pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces |
| 150 g | 1 small red onion, halved and sliced |
| 170 g | 1 can (6 ounces) pitted ripe olives, drained |
| 1-1/2 cups Italian salad dressing | |
| 2 g | 1/4 teaspoon salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon pepper |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder |
| 227 g | 8 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese pearls |
| 12 g | 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil |
| 420 g | 3 cups grilled chicken strips, optional |
Method: 3 steps, published by www.tasteofhome.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.