Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Pesto Pasta Salad
One of 155 pesto pasta recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 155 for brightness among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 35 cooks on www.spendwithpennies.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: nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 227 g | 8 ounces cavatappi ( or rotini pasta) |
| 242 g | 1 cup grape tomatoes (halved) |
| 60 g | 1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes (diced) |
| 56 g | 1/2 cup mozzarella balls (small) |
| 1/2 cup kalamata olives (pitted) | |
| salt and pepper to taste | |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves |
| 1/2 cup pesto (see notes ) | |
| 55 g | 1/4 cup mayonnaise |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.spendwithpennies.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“The first time I made this which was also amazing I overdid the pesto sauce & added the whole small jar of Simple Truth organic pesto. stick to the recipe! Also Added 1cup shredded parm & extra tomatoes & olives & some olive oil. Used Fagee ” — a cook, 5★
“The first time I made this which was also amazing I overdid the pesto sauce & added the whole small jar of Simple Truth organic pesto. stick to the recipe! Also Added 1cup shredded parm & extra tomatoes & olives & some olive oil. Used Fagee yogurt vs mayo & Ro” — a cook, 5★