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Pesto Pasta Salad With Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Updated Aug 14, 2023Published Aug 28, 2016 By Julia 5 CommentsThis post may contain affiliate links.

Summary:
Here’s a delicious 15-minute pesto pasta salad to bring to your next event. It’s easy to throw together with only 5 ingredients in this recipe: pasta, pesto, sun-dried tomatoes, parmesan cheese, and sunflower seeds. As it’s a cold dish, it’s great to bring to summer potlucks.
Pesto pasta salad with sun-dried tomatoes

Pesto Pasta Salad

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Prep: 5 minutes mins
Cook: 15 minutes mins
Yield: 8 servings

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 pound wagon wheel pasta or farfalle pasta
  • 1 pound pesto sauce
  • 3 ounces sun-dried tomatoes chopped
  • 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
  • 1/2 cup sunflower seeds

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain in a colander and rinse for a few minutes under cold water until the pasta cools.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine all of the ingredients. Toss. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

NUTRITION

514 kcal/serving

PHOTOS

Pesto pasta salad with sun-dried tomatoes
Pesto pasta salad with sun-dried tomatoes
Pesto pasta salad with sun-dried tomatoes

NOTES & TIPS


You have a couple of options for the pesto. You can buy basil pesto in the cold case at the grocery store, and they are also sold in shelf-stable jars. If you don’t already have pesto and want to make your own, you should try my broccoli pesto recipe.

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Filed Under: Salads and Dressings Tagged With: pesto, summer, tomatoes

About Julia

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Julia is a recipe developer and the founder of Savory Tooth, and lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Since 2015, she has been sharing simple recipes for tasty dishes in a user-friendly format. She typically prefers savory foods over sweet, hence the name of the site.

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Leigh

This pasta salad was. Delish! I added red onion, yellow pepper, bacon and cream cheese

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Anabelle

This was so easy and everyone loved it

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5 years ago
Estela Jones

A point of pesto sauce? A 16 oz jar or what? I am confused!!

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6 years ago
Estela Jones

I meant to say a pound of pesto…sorry!

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6 years ago
Julia

Yes, a pound is equal to 16 ounces. Depending on what your local store sells, it may come in 8 ounce jars so you’ll need two of them.

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6 years ago

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