PESTO PASTA SALAD
Pesto Pasta Salad is one of the easiest, tastiest salad that one can enjoy as a light meal. Healthy and versatile, add any salad ingredients of your choice.
Ingredients
- 2 cups pasta cooked
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium cucumber
- 18-20 baby tomatoes
- ¼ cup olives
- 6-8 small mozzarella balls | bocconcini
- ½-⅓ cup pesto
- ½ tsp red chilli flakes optional
Instructions
- Add cooked pasta in a mixing bowl.
- Add the olive oil and mix well.
- Chop the cucumber into chunks or slices. Add it to the pasta.
- Cut the baby tomatoes into halves. Add to the bowl.
- Chop the mozzarella balls into halves or quarters and add to the salad.
- Add the olives and red chilli flakes if using any. If you want to then slice them into halves.
- Add the pesto and mix well. Salad is ready.
Notes
- for a more creamy dressing, add 1-2 tbsp mayonnaise or sour cream to the pesto.
- use any pesto sauce of your choice.
- Add some olive oil to the cooked pasta so that it doesn't dry up and clump up.
- Add any other salad ingredients of your choice, like sweet corn, bell pepper, peas, seeds, baby spinach, arugula, broccoli, etc.