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From Cookie and Kate

Pesto Pasta Salad

Time
25 min
Makes
6
Ingredients
13
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Ingredients

Servings
6 servings
Amounts
  • 1 pound whole grain pasta (fusilli, rotini, penne or farfalle)
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered
  • 3 handfuls baby arugula or spinach
  • Optional cheese: ½ cup or more crumbled feta cheese, little mozzarella balls or grated Parmesan
  • Optional additions: ½ cup thinly sliced Kalamata olives and/or 1 can (15 ounces) chickpeas, rinsed and drained (or 1 ½ cups cooked chickpeas)
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • ½ cup pepitas (hulled pumpkin seeds)*
  • ½ cup packed fresh basil
  • ½ cup packed fresh flat-leaf parsley or additional basil
  • ¼ cup lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
  • 1 clove garlic, roughly chopped
  • ½ teaspoon fine salt
  • ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
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Nutrition · per serving

1 bowl, no cheese or additions per serving

Calories
343 kcal
Fat
15.3 g
Fiber
7 g
Sugar
3.6 g
Sodium
156.1 mg
Protein
11 g
Trans fat
0 g
Cholesterol
0 mg
Carbohydrate
46.2 g
Saturated fat
2.3 g

As published by Cookie and Kate.

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