Dreamfields Pasta Recipes and Cooking Tips

Kyle is one of our weekly Pasta Salad Extravaganza Winner! This must try recipe combines olives, fresh pesto, pine nuts, peas, tomatoes and Dreamfields Pasta! Try it as an accompaniment to any entree!

Pesto Pasta Salad
By Kyle H

Ingredients:

4 cups uncooked Dreamfields Rotini Pasta
1 cup fresh basil pesto
2 Tbsp chopped green olives, or olive tapenade
1/4 cup pine nuts
1 cup frozen peas, defrosted (or fresh if you can get them)
12 ounces cherry tomatoes, halved
Several fresh basil leaves, coarsely chopped
1 Tbsp olive oil
Salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Cook pasta according to instructions on the package. Make sure the water is salted (at least a half teaspoon per quart). Remove pasta from heat and strain when pasta is cooked, but still firm (al dente).
2. Put pasta in a big bowl. Mix in fresh basil pesto, green olives, and pine nuts. Gently mix in cherry tomatoes, peas, fresh basil leaves and olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste. Chill or serve at room temperature.

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