Super Easy Pasta Pesto

Super easy pasta pesto is perfect for busy weeknights. It’s quick, packed with tasty veggies and best of all pesto is always a huge hit with the kids so it’s a win-win for me.

I like to make my own pesto which really only takes a few minutes and tastes so good – but if you’ve not time just use jarred pesto.

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Super Easy Pasta Pesto

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Yield: Serves 4

Super easy weeknight pasta

Ingredients

for the pesto

120ml extra virgin olive oil
50g pine nuts
half clove garlic
2 large handfuls of basil leaves
2 handfuls of finely grated Parmesan cheese
sea salt and black pepper

for the pasta

300g dried fusilli
300g baby plum tomatoes - quartered
3 large handfuls baby spinach - roughly chopped
1 handful black olives - roughly chopped

Instructions

to make the pesto

Add the pine nuts, garlic and olive oil to a food processor and blitz to a puree.
Add the basil and blitz again.
Stir in the Parmesan cheese and season to taste with sea salt and black pepper.

for the pasta

Cook the fusilli in boiling salted water with just a splash of olive oil to stop the pasta from sticking. It should take around 10 minutes - once cooked drain well.
Whilst the pasta cooks chop up the tomatoes, spinach and olives.
Stir the pesto through the pasta then add the tomatoes, spinach and olives and stir through gently.
Divide between four bowls and serve.

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Make pasta pesto your way

Use shop bought pesto for speed – try different flavours.
Add in some diced feta cheese.
Try different veggies – courgette, mushrooms and chargrilled red peppers all work well.