Pesto Pasta

"Super yummy and easy pasta. Fabulous side dish. My family loves it as a main course. It would be easy to throw in some rotisserie chicken. The story of this pasta is a bit funny. About 10 years ago I was part of a CSA co-op (for a fee, I got a weekly pickup of delicious fresh fruits and vegetables from a local farm). This is how I first got fresh basil, and I made bruschetta... hooked forever! I was thinking it was a shame to have to pay so much for fresh basil at the grocery store. I was wishing I could buy large plants in bulk. I looked in the local classifieds one day and found someone selling basil plants. I went to check it out. This guy had GIANT BASIL PLANTS. They were 18-30" in diameter each. He had a bunch. I told him I would buy them all. I stuffed them tight (maybe around 20 plants) into the back of my husband's car (smelled like basil for weeks). When I got home, I decided to make a lot of pesto. I made pesto for 2 days straight. I tried 3 or 4 different recipes. My kitchen island at the time was about 13 feet by 3 feet and it was covered end to end and 2 feet up with basil plants. My husband though I was crazy (maybe I was, who does that!?). Anyway. my family loves pesto pasta. I froze it in ice cube trays then wrapped it tight with plastic wrap (no air). Can you believe it, I'm still making pesto pasta 10 years later!!! No joke. I guess my awesome wrapping did an amazing job of preserving those fresh flavors. It was worth two days of basil plants taking over my life! I'm thinking it might last us 3-5 more years, no joke!"
 
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Ready In:
15mins
Ingredients:
6
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cook pasta to your liking. Reserve 1 cup liquid. Drain.
  • Roast pine nuts on stove top (medium low heat until nicely browned, don't burn!).
  • Mix pesto with about 1/2 cup reserved pasta liquid and 2 T olive oil. Add additional reserved liquid until the mixture is desired consistency.
  • Mix pesto mixture with pasta.
  • Mix in parmesan cheese.
  • Salt to taste.
  • Garnish individual servings with pine nuts.

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I'm a stay at home mom with 4 children. I love discovering great recipes and cooking techniques. Since my 4 children have recently gotten out of the preschool years, I have taken more time to catalog and organize my recipe collection. I appreciate all the wonderful recipes I have found here and the effort to input them. My family and I appreciate the good food that has become part of what we regularly enjoy eating. Besides cooking and taking care of my children and family, I love reading and playing piano. I also love classical guitar, and as my kids grow older, I would like to devote time to learning to play better (I'm really just a beginner). The arts bring me a lot of joy (music, visual, performance, literary, culinary). I also find joy in the beauty that is in the world and nature... I'm fortunate to live close to the beautiful Wasatch Mountains and not too far from many beautiful national parks in the state of Utah. I feel we have a responsibility to reach out and help others, and as a follower of Jesus Christ, I hope to make a positive contribution to my family, local church congregation, neighborhood, community, and to worthy causes that inspire me. I find that many charitable organizations are not giving enough to help the less fortunate or to whatever is their cuase, but I really like The Smile Train, and the programs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which are mostly run by volunteers (main humanitarian missions... eyeglasses, clean water , Neonatal Resuscitation, Emergency Response, Wheelchairs, Food Production, and Immunizations). I am very thankful for a good and abundant life and am sad for the great suffering that many people endure in life. I believe in an Eternal equalization or fixing of injustice, and I look forward to the day God will surely make everything right.
 
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