Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Pesto 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. 9 cooks on www.wellplated.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 (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 227 g | 8 ounces fusilli, rotini, or farfalle pasta |
| 31 g | 2 tablespoons nonfat plain Greek yogurt (or mayonnaise or sour cream) |
| 45 g | 1 1/2 cups arugula |
| 484 g | 1 pint cherry tomatoes (halved, or grape tomatoes) |
| 145 g | 1 cup frozen peas (thawed) |
| 56 g | 1/2 cup mini mozzarella pearls (or crumbled feta*) |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese |
| Extra virgin olive oil (as needed) | |
| 15 g | 2 tablespoons pine nuts (1/3 cup walnuts, cashews, or nuts of choice; toasted***) |
| 3 g | 1 large clove garlic |
| 133 g | 1 1/3 cups fresh basil leaves |
| 40 g | 1 1/3 cups spinach or chopped kale (or arugula) |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper |
| 72 g | 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil |
| 19 g | 3 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese |
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.
“We absolutely loved it! I used cheese tortellini and a jar of pesto sauce, as those sounded like good options for what we were wanting. It’s delicious, easy and enough for is to enjoy the next day. I served it cold due to the hot weather and it was perfect! I’” — a cook, 5★
“This came out wonderful! My basil is growing beautifully in my mini garden so I welcomed the chance to make your pesto pasta recipe. I used mayonnaise and it was a nice addition. It made the dish much smoother. Looking forward to tomorrow’s leftovers and seein” — a cook, 5★