Pesto Pasta

Have dinner ready in under 10 minutes. This vegetarian dish is full of veggies and full of flavor from the pesto. You can use store-bought pesto or homemade.

Here is a quick 5-ingredient recipe for you today.

You can make your own pesto {try this pesto} or just use store-bought if you want...

Pesto Pasta

Have dinner ready in under 10 minutes. This vegetarian dish is full of veggies and full of flavor from the pesto. You can use store-bought pesto or homemade.

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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 4

Author: Meme

Ingredients

• ▢ 8 oz whole grain pasta
• ▢ ¼ cup pesto
• ▢ 1 pint cherry tomatoes halved
• ▢ 1 yellow bell pepper chopped
• ▢ 2 oz Parmesan cheese freshly grated

Instructions

• Boil a pot of water. Once water boils, add pasta and cook 7-9 minutes {or until al dente}.
• Meanwhile, put ¼ cup pesto in a large bowl.
• Drain pasta and reserve ¼ cup pasta cooking water. Add the hot cooked pasta to the pesto. Toss the pasta with the pesto. Stir in the tomatoes and bell pepper.
• Serve each plate with ½ oz. freshly grated Parmesan cheese.

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Meme