Pasta Salad with Pesto Dressing | Alfie Cooks

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Name: Pasta Salad with Pesto Dressing
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: SIGNATURE SELECTS Mostaccioli; Signature Farms Cherry Tomatoes, Red, Angel Sweet; McCormick Gourmet™ Global Selects Oak Wood Smoked Pepper from Vietnam; Organic Cucumber; Organic Red Onion Bag; Green Giant Fresh Iceberg Lettuce; Goya Low Sodium Chick Peas; SIGNATURE SELECTS Toasted Oat, Honey Nut; O Organics Organic Terragon; SIGNATURE SELECTS Green Olives, Queen, Stuffed with Pimientos; O Organics Organic Terragon; Fisher Nut Topping; Bragg Nutritional Yeast; Asturi Bruschettini, Classico Virgin Olive Oil; Oppy Organic Meyer Lemons; Morton Iodized Salt, 26 Ounce; McCormick Gourmet™ Global Selects Oak Wood Smoked Pepper from Vietnam

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Pasta Salad with Pesto Dressing

Serves 415 mins prep10 mins cook

This Pasta Salad is a delicious way to utilize leftovers from your fridge, combined with a flavorful pecan pesto dressing. It's perfect for meal prep and packed with fresh vegetables, herbs, and chickpeas.

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What you need

oz pasta

Signature Farms Cherry Tomatoes, Red, Angel Sweet

oz cherry tomato

pepper

cucumber

red onion

iceberg lettuce

chick peas

SIGNATURE SELECTS Toasted Oat, Honey Nut

roasted nuts

fresh herbs

green olive

fresh herbs

nuts

tbsp nutritional yeast

Asturi Bruschettini, Classico Virgin Olive Oil

tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

lemon

salt

pepper

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Instructions

1: Get your pasta onto boil in salted water.

2: While pasta cooks, prep your veg, herbs, and other ingredients.

3: Finely dice the tomatoes, pepper, cucumber, red onion, lettuce, olives, and mint.

4: Lightly toast and drain the chickpeas.

5: To make the pesto dressing, combine mint, toasted pecans, nutritional yeast, and lemon juice in a blender.

6: Stream in the olive oil until loosened; use a splash of pasta water if needed, then season to taste with salt and pepper.

7: Drain your pasta and allow to cool.

8: In a large bowl, mix together the cooled pasta, chopped veg, and other bits, then pour over the dressing and mix well.

9: Check for seasoning and enjoy!

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