Pesto Pasta Salad

"This is our new favorite mayo-based pasta salad. What could be easier than using pesto from a jar?"
 
Download
photo by  Pamela photo by  Pamela
photo by Pamela
Ready In:
28mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
4-6
Advertisement

ingredients

Advertisement

directions

  • Bring large pot of water to boil, add pasta, and cook over high heat for 9 minutes. Then add frozen peas to the water in which the pasta's cooking, and cook an additional 4 minutes.
  • Remove from heat immediately, and rinse with plenty of cold water. Drain well. Place in large mixing bowl, and toss with remaining ingredients. Spoon into serving dish and chill.

Questions & Replies

Got a question? Share it with the community!
Advertisement

Reviews

  1. This was pretty good -- came together quickly and easily, very flavorful. I went by the recipe exactly, but next time I would drop the lemon juice down to 1 tsp, since it did come out just a wee bit too sharp.
     
  2. I was chosen to bring a salad to an office potluck and thought this might be nice for a change. Everyone raved over this! Next time I'll double it. BTW, I followed the recipe to the tee and didn't even notice the lemon juice. Respectfully, maybe the other person used too much. Couldn't find Classico pesto, so I used Flora. This really was delicious. Also, instructions were very clear for ingredient cooking times. This will be a staple next summer.
     
  3. I doubled the recipe to take this salad to a family BBQ. I found the lemon juice overpowered the dressing and i had to add some additonal mayo to make it taste better. I used epicure selections pesto mix made as directed and it worked well.
     
Advertisement

RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

I've been cooking and baking since I was a child and have developed most of my own recipes. I also love animals and cook for them, too!
 
View Full Profile
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

Find More Recipes