Pesto Pasta Salad
By Lena Tashjian
Bring the gift of good health to your next potluck dinner with this tasty Pesto Pasta Salad. Enjoy this classic favourite with a nutritious twist.
This recipe boasts a creamy and zesty savoury dressing, nutritious veggies, delicious pasta, and the raw power of greens, red fruits, superfoods, immune-boosting mushrooms, and adaptogenic herbs thanks to CanPrev’s Green Up! with GRAMS. Getting in your daily scoop of greens has never tasted so good!
Servings
8
Prep Time
20 mins
Ingredients
Pasta Salad
- 450 grams fusilli pasta
- 2 bell peppers, sliced into matchsticks
- 6 large cremini mushrooms, sliced thinly
- 1 yellow onion, sliced in half moons
- ¾ cup of green olives, pitted and sliced
- ½ cup sun-dried tomatoes, sliced into thin strips
- 2 tsp olive oil
Pesto:
- 2 cups basil, packed
- ⅔ cup walnuts
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 4 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 4 to 6 garlic cloves, to taste
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- 3 scoops of GreenUp! with GRAMS
Directions
- To make the pesto sauce, add basil, garlic, walnuts, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, salt, and seasonings to your food processor and process. Gradually pour in olive oil, occasionally scraping down the sides of the food processor with a spatula to ensure even blending.
- Once the pesto is combined, add in one scoop at a time of GreenUp! With GRAMS. Mix well and set pesto aside.
- Boil your fusilli with salt until cooked al dente. Strain the pasta and allow it to cool.
- In a medium-sized pan, sautée onions in olive oil over medium heat until translucent. Add the bell peppers, and cook for a few minutes before adding mushrooms. Allow the water from the mushrooms to release and evaporate before removing the pan from heat to cool.
- Add your pesto to the pasta, mixing well to ensure an even coating. Add your cooked vegetables, sun-dried tomatoes, olives, and mix well. Enjoy!
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Meet the Creator
Meet the Creator
Lena Tashjian
Nutritionist, author and recipe developer
Lena is a nutritionist, writer, and recipe developer. She is the author of The Vegan Armenian Kitchen Cookbook, which focuses on healthy, authentic vegan dishes.
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