Pesto Noodle Salad
Pesto Noodle Salad

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Pesto Noodle Salad is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Pesto Noodle Salad is something which I have loved my entire life.

Cook the pasta in salted water according to package instructions. Then drain it and rinse in cold water. Cover and refrigerate pasta until cold. Pasta Salad is a classic summer dish that is perfect for all kinds of parties, BBQ's and picnics.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have pesto noodle salad using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Pesto Noodle Salad:
  1. Prepare The Pesto
  2. Take 6-8 cups fresh garden basil leaves
  3. Take 3-4 cups fresh garden kale
  4. Prepare 4-6 leaves fresh garden sage leaves
  5. Make ready 1-2 teaspoons fresh garden thyme
  6. Take 3/4 cup pistachios salted, shelled
  7. Prepare 1 clove garlic, minced
  8. Make ready 1 tablespoon freshly grated parmesan
  9. Take 1 tablespoon freshly grated asiago
  10. Get 2 tablespoons olive oil
  11. Prepare Pinch sea salt
  12. Get The Noodles
  13. Prepare 1 package whole wheat organic linguine noodles
  14. Prepare 8-10 cups water
  15. Make ready Salt&Oil
  16. Take Fresh lemon juice

They're easy yet delicious and come together quickly, plus they don't require much heat. Adding an easy homemade pesto to pasta salad elevates it to much more than a picnic or barbecue side. To assemble the pasta salad, pour all of the pesto over the pasta and toss until the pasta is lightly and evenly coated, adding a tiny splash of reserved pasta cooking water if necessary to thin it out. Then add the cherry tomatoes, arugula, remaining toasted pepitas, and any optional add-ins (olives, chickpeas and/or cheese).

Steps to make Pesto Noodle Salad:
  1. Boil the water on a stove. Add a pinch of salt and a little olive oil. Let simmer. Add noodles.
  2. In a food processor mix the basil, kale, herbs, pistachios and garlic with the olive oil. Let mix until smooth but still hearty. Add the cheeses. Salt to taste. Stir with spoon.
  3. When noodles are ready remove from water and strain in colander. Let cool slightly. Transfer into a bowl or container.
  4. Add pesto sauce to the noodles. Make sure it’s poured evenly over the noodles. Spritz with fresh lemon juice.

To assemble the pasta salad, pour all of the pesto over the pasta and toss until the pasta is lightly and evenly coated, adding a tiny splash of reserved pasta cooking water if necessary to thin it out. Then add the cherry tomatoes, arugula, remaining toasted pepitas, and any optional add-ins (olives, chickpeas and/or cheese). Summer pesto pasta salad with fresh basil pesto, spiral pasta, pine nuts, olives, peas, and cherry tomatoes. Photography Credit: Elise Bauer When it's the season for potluck barbecues, a quick and easy dish to prepare for a gathering is pesto pasta salad! Add the pasta and cook until al dente, or according to package directions.

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