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Four Ingredient Pesto Pasta Salad
All you need to make this healthy, light, and delicious pasta salad is 15 minutes and four ingredients! Great for a picnic or a summer party.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 348 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Italian
Ingredients
- 16 oz. pasta I used whole wheat rotini
- 3/4 cup prepared pesto I used lemon arugula pesto
- 4 oz. soft goat cheese (chevre) crumbled
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes halved or quartered
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to directions in salted water.
- Drain pasta (see notes)
- Mix pasta with pesto, goat cheese, and tomatoes.
- Serve warm, at room temperature, or cold.
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Notes
- When you mix the goat cheese with the warm pasta, it will melt into the pesto creating a creamy texture. If you want the cheese to stay intact (or if you want cool pasta salad immediately), rinse the pasta with cold water until cooled completely before mixing with other ingredients.
- The provided nutrition information does not include any added sodium from seasoning to taste, any optional ingredients, and it does not take brands into account. Feel free to calculate it yourself using this calculator or by adding the recipe to Yummly.
Nutrition Information
Calories
348kcal
(17%)
Carbohydrates
47g
(16%)
Protein
12g
(24%)
Fat
13g
(20%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Cholesterol
8mg
(3%)
Sodium
279mg
(12%)
Potassium
255mg
(7%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
904IU
(18%)
Vitamin C
13mg
(14%)
Calcium
76mg
(8%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 348
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 348kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 47g | 16% |
| Protein | 12g | 24% |
| Fat | 13g | 20% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 8mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 279mg | 12% |
| Potassium | 255mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 904IU | 18% |
| Vitamin C | 13mg | 14% |
| Calcium | 76mg | 8% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.