Pasta Pesto is my “oh no what are we eating” dinner when the day has gotten away from me, or my fallback when we need to go grocery shopping and I have nothing else. It is also a good meal for Wednesday nights when we’re rushing to eat and get out the door to church!
- Boil your pasta
- add a TBSP (depending on how much you make) of Pesto* and stir.
- it’s especially nice with a little grated cheese.
*I haven’t yet made our own pesto – I buy it in a jar but you hardly use any with the pasta. There are two types: tomato or olive oil, parsley, garlic, pine nuts etc. unopened it sits in the cupboard and once opened keeps for weeks/months in the fridge. Even my daughter (who is two) loves it.
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I suppose I am cheating this week since it really isn’t a recipe but like I said, it is my fallback pasta which we eat a couple times a month! Have a good pesto recipe for me? I’d love to hear it!
Don’t fotget about Epicure Pesto. It’s dried and in the jar – just add olive oil and some cheese and you’re set.
Ann
I don’t think it’s cheating if it involves boiling water and mixing. Posting the phone number to Pizza Hut might be considered cheating. 😉
There's nothing like freshly made pesto: http://www.harserecipes.blogspot.com/2008/12/pesto-sauce.html
From my food blog. Enjoy! 🙂