Name: Pesto Pasta
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: ½ cup chopped onion; 2 ½ tablespoons pesto; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese; 1 (16 ounce) package pasta; salt to taste; ground black pepper to taste

Easy to make, but full of flavor!  Good hot or cold.

Pesto Pasta

onion

pesto

olive oil

Parmesan cheese

(16 ounce) package pasta

salt

black pepper

Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling water until done.  Drain.


Meanwhile, heat the oil in a frying pan over medium low heat.   Add pesto, onion, and salt and pepper.  Cook about five minutes, or until onions are soft.


In a large bowl, mix pesto mixture into pasta.  Stir in grated cheese.  Serve.


I doubled the pesto and olive oil and added garlic (2 cloves). Also added a sprinkle of red pepper flakes and some Mrs Dash tomato basil garlic to liven it up a bit. Served with chicken apple sausage. My hubby said this was a definate keeper.

This pasta is absolutely delicious!  I did double the olive oil, pesto and onions.  For a kick, I sauteed some garlic in the olive oil before adding the onions and pesto.  Also, I crumbled some bacon on top of the dish for a little bit of a crunch.
Perfection.

This was good but a bit dry. I sauted the onions to sweeten them up and then added some chopped sun dried tomatoes in olive oil. I added the pesto to that mixture for just long enough to get it heated through when the pasta was finished. We added some extra pesto as it was dry. A extra sprinkle of parmesan and we never missed meat. I never would have thought of adding sauted onions to pesto pasta but it was very good. This will be made again.

I made this according to instructions, and while a good basic pesto pasta recipe, there was something missing.  After the onion/pesto mixture cooked, I added 1/2 cup of chicken broth and a 14.5 ounce can of petite diced tomatoes, heating another 5 minutes.  I then added the pasta to the pan and mixed well, serving right out of the frying pan.  This added the 'it' factor I was looking for.

wow this was such a hit with the family!  I was worried that they would not like a dinner without meat!  The only change was that I added some red pepper flakes.  Yum- we will have regularly!!

The first time I made it I followed the recipe and it was good. The next time I made it I added more pesto and cheese and it was delicious! 

Very nice. Pasta was a bit dry. But other than that. It was awesome. I added some Cherry Tomatoes...mainly because I love them.

This was good! I would recommend adding Feta Cheese instead of the Parmesean. It was delicious with Feta.

I tried to make this a little healthier by omitting the extra olive oil. The pasta was way too dry. I added about 1/4 cup olive oil to make it taste great.

This quick and easy pasta dish is also low in fat.

Pesto Pasta

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Total: 15 minutes

Servings: 8

Author : Lauren

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