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.
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
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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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.
This pasta salad was. Delish! I added red onion, yellow pepper, bacon and cream cheese
This was so easy and everyone loved it
A point of pesto sauce? A 16 oz jar or what? I am confused!!
I meant to say a pound of pesto…sorry!
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.